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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Coptos Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name	Coptos Facula
Clean Name	Coptos Facula
Feature ID	1304
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Facula, faculae

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	13.40 °
Southmost Latitude	6.30 °
Eastmost Longitude	205.50 °
Westmost Longitude	212.50 °
Diameter	329.00 km
Center Latitude	10.00 °
Center Longitude	209.00 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((147.57006835938 10.12465820311, 147.65795898438 10.95961914061, 148.07543945313 12.14614257811, 148.42700195313 12.62954101561, 149.17407226563 13.17885742186, 149.70141601563 13.35463867186, 150.69018554688 13.46450195311, 152.27221679688 13.24477539061, 153.37084960938 12.71743164061, 154.11791992188 12.12416992186, 154.44750976563 11.35512695311, 154.51342773438 10.89370117186, 154.55737304688 10.03676757811, 154.44750976563 9.1798339843605, 154.18383789063 8.4107910156105, 153.63452148438 7.4000488281105, 152.93139648438 6.8287597656105, 152.03051757813 6.4991699218605, 151.21752929688 6.3453613281105, 150.40454101563 6.3014160156105, 149.89916992188 7.0265136718605, 149.23999023438 7.7516113281105, 148.51489257813 8.6964355468605, 147.96557617188 9.4874511718605, 147.57006835938 10.12465820311))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Early town from which caravans departed.
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 25, 2016 8:00 AM

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