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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Mir

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mir
Clean Name	Mir
Feature ID	3918
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-3.21 °
Southmost Latitude	-3.39 °
Eastmost Longitude	230.20 °
Westmost Longitude	230.39 °
Diameter	8.00 km
Center Latitude	-3.30 °
Center Longitude	230.30 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Asia
Culture	Semitic
Origin	West Semitic god of wind.
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	Nov 16, 2015 2:48 PM

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