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Tsegihi

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Feature type
  
Bright albedo feature

Eponym
  
Navajo sacred place

Tsegihi

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 dwell In the house made of the dawn...

References

Tsegihi Wikipedia