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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Diment
Clean Name Diment
Feature ID 1536
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.56 °
Southmost Latitude 22.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 351.31 °
Westmost Longitude 352.23 °
Diameter 40.00 km
Center Latitude 23.14 °
Center Longitude 351.77 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 12:12 PM

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