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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wuchowsen
Clean Name Wuchowsen
Feature ID 15978
Target Bennu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 14.00 °
Southmost Latitude 9.63 °
Eastmost Longitude 90.42 °
Westmost Longitude 85.72 °
Diameter 0.02 km
Center Latitude 11.78 °
Center Longitude 88.13 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 18, 2020
Continent North America
Ethnicity Algonquin
Origin Abenaki (Algonquians of NE USA) giant bird, named Windblower, who sits upon a rock at the edge of the sky far in the north and produces winds by his wings.
Reference [613] - Keepers of the Earth: Native American Stories and Environmental Activities for Children, by Michael J. Caduto, Joseph Bruchac. Fulcrum, Inc., 1997.
Updated Feb 12, 2021 6:10 PM

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