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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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Feature ID	Feature Name	Clean Feature Name	Target	Coordinate System	Continent	Ethnicity	Feature Type	Feature Type Code	Quad	Approval Status	Approval Date	Reference	Origin	Last Updated
1050	Castor	Castor	Janus	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Greek	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	1982	[21]	One of the Dioscuri; famous as a tamer of horses.	Oct 01, 2006
2648	Idas	Idas	Janus	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Greek	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	1982	[1]	Twins; cousins of Gemini.	Oct 01, 2006
3535	Lynceus	Lynceus	Janus	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Greek	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	1982	[1]	One of twin cousins of Gemini.	Oct 01, 2006
4708	Phoibe	Phoibe	Janus	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360	Europe	Greek	Crater, craters	AA	-	Approved	1982	-	Daughter of Leukippos.	Oct 01, 2006

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