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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Burkhan

Basic Info

Feature Name Burkhan
Clean Name Burkhan
Feature ID 924
Target Rhea
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 67.00 °
Southmost Latitude 66.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 310.30 °
Westmost Longitude 311.10 °
Diameter 0.00 km
Center Latitude 66.80 °
Center Longitude 310.60 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Buriat
Origin Buriat (Siberia) god who created world.
Reference [40] - Primal Myths: Creating the World, by Barbara C. Sproul: Harper and Row, New York, 1979.
Updated Dec 30, 2008 2:26 PM

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