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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Dendera

Basic Info

Feature Name Dendera
Clean Name Dendera
Feature ID 1487
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.23 °
Southmost Latitude -2.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 254.57 °
Westmost Longitude 256.35 °
Diameter 82.00 km
Center Latitude -1.12 °
Center Longitude 255.46 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Africa
Culture Egypt
Origin Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.)
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 12:07 PM

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