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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Wututu
Clean Name Wututu
Feature ID 15979
Target Bennu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -15.51 °
Southmost Latitude -18.51 °
Eastmost Longitude 85.84 °
Westmost Longitude 82.85 °
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude -17.03 °
Center Longitude 84.34 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 18, 2020
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Benin
Origin Fon (Benin/Dahomey) mythical bird which reconciled the two gods in their dispute and thus ended a great drought.
Reference [614] - African Mythology, A to Z, 2nd Edition, by Patricia Ann Lynch and Jeremy Roberts: Chelsea House Publishers, 2010.
Updated Feb 12, 2021 6:26 PM

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