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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ashîma

Basic Info

Feature Name	Ashîma
Clean Name	Ashima
Feature ID	426
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-38.15 °
Southmost Latitude	-39.94 °
Eastmost Longitude	121.81 °
Westmost Longitude	124.15 °
Diameter	84.00 km
Center Latitude	-39.05 °
Center Longitude	122.98 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((236.92776769582758 -39.94519345872927, 236.74601784103436 -39.92309702140405, 236.57100880566122 -39.87944823437443, 236.4070498929808 -39.81532187563907, 236.25817831557177 -39.73229694897327, 236.1280597857462 -39.63241780361544, 236.01989825354732 -39.518143795604175, 235.93635701486522 -39.392288730270415, 235.87949313225377 -39.257951577011674, 235.85070678322322 -39.11844016238064, 235.85070678322322 -38.97718972041738, 235.87949313225377 -38.83767830578634, 235.93635701486522 -38.7033411525276, 236.01989825354732 -38.57748608719382, 236.1280597857462 -38.463212079182554, 236.25817831557177 -38.363332933824736, 236.4070498929808 -38.28030800715892, 236.57100880566122 -38.216181648423586, 236.74601784103436 -38.17253286139397, 236.92776769582758 -38.150436424068744, 237.1117830854227 -38.150436424068744, 237.29353294021607 -38.17253286139397, 237.4685419755892 -38.216181648423586, 237.63250088826962 -38.28030800715892, 237.78137246567866 -38.363332933824736, 237.9114909955041 -38.463212079182554, 238.01965252770296 -38.57748608719382, 238.1031937663852 -38.7033411525276, 238.1600576489965 -38.83767830578634, 238.18884399802707 -38.97718972041738, 238.18884399802707 -39.11844016238064, 238.1600576489965 -39.257951577011674, 238.1031937663852 -39.392288730270415, 238.01965252770296 -39.518143795604175, 237.9114909955041 -39.63241780361544, 237.78137246567866 -39.732296948973264, 237.63250088826962 -39.81532187563907, 237.4685419755892 -39.87944823437443, 237.29353294021607 -39.92309702140405, 237.1117830854227 -39.94519345872927, 236.92776769582758 -39.94519345872927))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Asia
Culture	Semitic
Origin	Semitic-Arab god of fate.
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 13, 2015 11:09 AM

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