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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Lẹwa Lobus

Basic Info

Feature Name Lẹwa Lobus
Clean Name Lewa Lobus
Feature ID 16364
Target Selam
Feature Type Lobus, lobi

Location


Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude
Southmost Latitude
Eastmost Longitude
Westmost Longitude
Diameter 0.29 km
Center Latitude 0.00 °
Center Longitude 0.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Dec 20, 2024
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Yorubaland
Origin Yoruba word for “beautiful.”
Reference [841] - Dictionary of Yoruba Language, by the Church Missionary Society: Lagos, 1913, pg. 13. https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfTheYorubaLanguage/page/n25/mode/2up
Updated Jan 08, 2025 4:41 PM
Additional Information Lẹwa Lobus is the lobe of Selam that faces away from Dinkinesh.