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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Diameter	Center Latitude	Center Longitude	Northernmost Latitude	Southernmost Latitude	Easternmost Longitude	Westernmost Longitude	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Additional Info	Last Updated
15789	Brabo	Brabo	Ryugu	0.14	4.50	229.70	13.20	-4.20	238.30	221.10	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	The Netherlands (Dutch)	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[490]	A brave young fellow, who defeated a giant, from Dutch fairy tale.	Also known as a Belgian fairy tale.	Feb 05, 2019
15798	Catafo Saxum	Catafo Saxum	Ryugu	0.05	-5.50	0.00	-3.00	-8.00	1.90	358.00	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	North America	United States	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[495]	Smart boy, who marked a trail in the woods with corn meal to know the way back, from Cajun (Southern USA) fairy tale.	Defines zero degrees longitude on Ryugu.	Apr 08, 2019
15787	Cendrillon	Cendrillon	Ryugu	0.22	31.90	350.50	45.10	18.70	7.90	337.40	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	France	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[489]	Protagonist of a fairy tale Cendrillon by French writer Charles Perrault (1697), also known as Cinderella.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15800	Ejima Saxum	Ejima Saxum	Ryugu	0.07	-32.00	101.10	-25.70	-38.30	106.70	95.50	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[496]	Seacoast in Japanese fairy tale where fisherman Urashima Taro rescued a turtle and started his journey to the undersea Ryugu Palace.		Jan 25, 2023
15797	Horai Fossa	Horai Fossa	Ryugu	0.33	32.10	296.60	-15.00	-55.80	300.40	287.30	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[494]	Mythical Mount Horai (Penglai in Chinese), paradise of the immortals; in some versions of the Japanese fairy tale about fisherman Urashima is located in the sea on the shell of tortoise that princess Otohime has turned into.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15792	Kibidango	Kibidango	Ryugu	0.13	-31.20	50.00	-18.90	-40.00	59.20	39.50	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[492]	Japanese ball-like dumplings made from the flour of the kibi (proso millet) grain that the fairy tale hero Momotaro brought on his distant journey because this sweet keeps its softness for a long time.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15790	Kintaro	Kintaro	Ryugu	0.17	0.40	157.80	13.20	-7.60	170.00	149.30	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[491]	‘Golden Boy’ in Japanese fairy tale, who grew up in the wild forests of Mount Ashigara and had a superhuman strength.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15788	Kolobok	Kolobok	Ryugu	0.18	-1.50	333.50	14.80	-7.50	344.30	322.20	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Europe	Russia	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[497]	Small ball-like bun, which ran away from home and rolled on the road, singing his tricky song; protagonist of a Russian fairy tale.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15791	Momotaro	Momotaro	Ryugu	0.19	-12.50	51.90	-5.00	-25.80	60.90	40.20	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[492]	‘Peach Boy’ in Japanese fairy tale, who came to Earth inside a giant peach and once undertook a journey to fight horned ogres in a distant island.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15799	Otohime Saxum	Otohime Saxum	Ryugu	0.16	-69.80	274.40	-55.80	-83.80	307.40	241.30	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Saxum, saxa	SA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[488]	Otohime Sama; princess in Japanese fairy tale, sea mistress, who welcomed fisherman Urashima Taro in undersea Ryugu Palace and gave him a parting gift, a jewel box whose lid he was told never to open.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15780	Ryujin Dorsum	Ryujin Dorsum	Ryugu	3.20	0.00	180.00	14.80	-17.00	0.00	360.00	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Dorsum, dorsa	DO	-	Approved	Dec 18, 2018	-	‘Dragon god’, sea ruler in Japanese fairy tale, father of princess Otohime, master of the undersea Ryugu Palace where fisherman Urashima Taro was a guest.	None	Dec 18, 2018
15796	Tokoyo Fossa	Tokoyo Fossa	Ryugu	0.56	-50.50	166.20	-18.50	-76.10	250.20	149.60	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Fossa, fossae	FO	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[493]	Immortal world of Japanese mythology, eternal, timeless land across the sea or undersea kingdom, where the princess Otohime lives in the fairy tale about the fisherman Urashima.	None	Apr 08, 2019
15786	Urashima	Urashima	Ryugu	0.29	-8.10	92.90	11.50	-27.70	110.40	75.40	Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360	Asia	Japan	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	Dec 19, 2018	[488]	Urashima Taro; fisherman in Japanese fairy tale who rescued a turtle and traveled on its back to the dragon Ryujin’s undersea Ryugu Palace, where he was welcomed by princess Otohime.	None	Apr 08, 2019

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