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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Buto Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name	Buto Facula
Clean Name	Buto Facula
Feature ID	935
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Facula, faculae

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	16.00 °
Southmost Latitude	10.80 °
Eastmost Longitude	200.70 °
Westmost Longitude	205.80 °
Diameter	245.00 km
Center Latitude	13.30 °
Center Longitude	203.20 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Swamp where Isis hid Osiris' body.
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 24, 2016 3:57 PM

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