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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Selket

Basic Info

Feature Name	Selket
Clean Name	Selket
Feature ID	5419
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	16.85 °
Southmost Latitude	13.21 °
Eastmost Longitude	103.84 °
Westmost Longitude	107.57 °
Diameter	168.00 km
Center Latitude	15.03 °
Center Longitude	105.70 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((254.1490050548895 13.20645823311371, 253.85951046979628 13.251325136628925, 253.58075278858374 13.339954171590087, 253.31959595050662 13.470162997013542, 253.08247050364875 13.638745439479067, 252.87521526348596 13.8415504397601, 252.70293354187126 14.073584265678534, 252.56986748656183 14.329133474364099, 252.47929362545946 14.601905596179797, 252.43344218762266 14.88518407620773, 252.43344218762266 15.171993658122268, 252.47929362545946 15.4552721381502, 252.56986748656183 15.728044259965898, 252.70293354187126 15.983593468651467, 252.87521526348596 16.2156272945699, 253.08247050364875 16.418432294850913, 253.31959595050662 16.587014737316434, 253.58075278858374 16.717223562739907, 253.85951046979628 16.805852597701094, 254.1490050548895 16.850719501216275, 254.44210822640088 16.850719501216275, 254.73160281149404 16.805852597701094, 255.0103604927067 16.717223562739907, 255.27151733078364 16.587014737316434, 255.5086427776415 16.418432294850913, 255.7158980178043 16.2156272945699, 255.888179739419 15.983593468651467, 256.0212457947287 15.728044259965902, 256.1118196558308 15.4552721381502, 256.15767109366766 15.171993658122268, 256.15767109366766 14.88518407620773, 256.1118196558308 14.601905596179797, 256.0212457947287 14.329133474364099, 255.888179739419 14.073584265678534, 255.7158980178043 13.8415504397601, 255.5086427776415 13.638745439479067, 255.27151733078364 13.470162997013542, 255.0103604927067 13.339954171590087, 254.73160281149404 13.251325136628925, 254.44210822640088 13.20645823311371, 254.1490050548895 13.20645823311371))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 20, 2015 11:38 AM

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