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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Sampati
Clean Name Sampati
Feature ID 15980
Target Bennu
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -17.96 °
Southmost Latitude -20.13 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.64 °
Westmost Longitude 95.98 °
Diameter 0.01 km
Center Latitude -19.02 °
Center Longitude 97.34 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 18, 2020
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Hindu
Origin In Hindu mythology, a giant bird, vulture, whose wings had been burnt by the blaze of the Sun when he had flown too close to it in racing with his brother.
Reference [615] - Hindu Mythology: Vedic and Purānic, by William Joseph Wilkins: Thacker, Spink & Company, 1882. P. 159.
Updated Feb 12, 2021 6:38 PM

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