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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Achelous

Basic Info

Feature Name	Achelous
Clean Name	Achelous
Feature ID	33
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	62.34 °
Southmost Latitude	61.47 °
Eastmost Longitude	11.01 °
Westmost Longitude	12.55 °
Diameter	40.00 km
Center Latitude	61.90 °
Center Longitude	11.78 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((348.1625009115983 61.467228710126655, 348.042827486917 61.47793877896428, 347.9275925634179 61.499095199200134, 347.8196336073586 61.530177029553805, 347.7216089265332 61.57041893220734, 347.63593221390875 61.61883001796218, 347.5647131144948 61.67421824521987, 347.5097052788824 61.73521977200232, 347.47226318254275 61.8003325382677, 347.4533087741534 61.86795325161367, 347.4533087741534 61.93641686565739, 347.47226318254275 62.00403757900336, 347.5097052788824 62.069150345268746, 347.5647131144948 62.130151872051194, 347.63593221390875 62.18554009930888, 347.7216089265332 62.233951185063724, 347.8196336073586 62.27419308771726, 347.9275925634179 62.30527491807093, 348.042827486917 62.326431338306755, 348.1625009115983 62.33714140714441, 348.2836660805709 62.33714140714441, 348.403339505252 62.326431338306755, 348.5185744287513 62.30527491807093, 348.6265333848106 62.27419308771726, 348.72455806563573 62.233951185063724, 348.8102347782602 62.18554009930888, 348.8814538776742 62.130151872051194, 348.9364617132868 62.069150345268746, 348.9739038096259 62.00403757900336, 348.9928582180158 61.93641686565739, 348.9928582180158 61.86795325161367, 348.9739038096259 61.8003325382677, 348.9364617132868 61.73521977200232, 348.8814538776742 61.67421824521987, 348.8102347782602 61.61883001796218, 348.72455806563573 61.57041893220734, 348.6265333848106 61.530177029553805, 348.5185744287513 61.499095199200134, 348.403339505252 61.47793877896428, 348.2836660805709 61.467228710126655, 348.1625009115983 61.467228710126655))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Europe
Culture	Greek
Origin	Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother.
Reference	[19] - The Greek Myths (2 vols.), by Robert Graves: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1974.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 9:12 AM

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