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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Befana

Basic Info

Feature Name Befana
Clean Name Befana
Feature ID 661
Target Ariel
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -17.00 °
Southmost Latitude -17.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.10 °
Westmost Longitude 30.60 °
Diameter 21.00 km
Center Latitude -17.00 °
Center Longitude 31.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Italy
Origin Good spirit who fills Italian children's stockings with toys on twelfth night.
Reference [83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM