Feature type Bright albedo feature | Eponym Navajo sacred place | |
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Tsegihi is a bright region in Titan's southern mid-latitudes. It is centered at 40°S 10°W.
It is thought to be brighter than the surrounding areas because dark organic haze particles which settle elsewhere on Titan are washed from Tsegihi by methane storms.
Tsegihi is named for a sacred place of the Navajo. The first line in the Navajo Nightsong Tsegihi, The House Made of Dawn runs:
In Tsegihi, oh you who dwellIn the house made of the dawn...References
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