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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Hermopolis Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name	Hermopolis Facula
Clean Name	Hermopolis Facula
Feature ID	2472
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Facula, faculae

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	24.90 °
Southmost Latitude	19.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	192.70 °
Westmost Longitude	197.90 °
Diameter	260.00 km
Center Latitude	22.30 °
Center Longitude	195.30 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((167.33452148438 22.96944625293152, 167.37846679688 22.50494610825559, 167.37846679688 22.105821397607443, 167.29057617188 21.662751374459297, 167.15874023438 20.95383933742226, 166.87309570313 20.35569480617226, 166.38969726563 19.91262478302411, 165.62065429688 19.602475766820408, 164.50004882813 19.580322265663, 163.68706054688 19.64678276913522, 163.09379882813 19.93477828418152, 162.61040039063 20.466462311959297, 162.12700195313 21.46336986404263, 162.08305664063 22.23874240455189, 162.10502929688 23.01411494506115, 162.30278320313 23.634412977468557, 162.87407226563 24.27686451103337, 163.35747070313 24.675627531866702, 164.17045898438 24.85285554112596, 164.80766601563 24.963623046913, 165.70854492188 24.365478515663, 166.58745117188 23.59010597515374, 167.33452148438 22.96944625293152))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Place where Unut was worshipped.
Reference	[27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated	Feb 25, 2016 8:23 AM

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