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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ombos

Basic Info

Feature Name Ombos
Clean Name Ombos
Feature ID 15165
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.69 °
Southmost Latitude 2.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.23 °
Westmost Longitude 238.10 °
Diameter 177.00 km
Center Latitude 4.75 °
Center Longitude 236.16 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 16, 2013
Continent Africa
Culture Egypt
Origin Egyptian town where Sebek's triad worshiped; present Kom Ombo.
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 Nov 19, 2015 3:34 PM
Additional Information Name changed from Ombos Facula August 16, 2013.

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