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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ghanan
Clean Name Ghanan
Feature ID 15371
Target Ceres
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 80.65 °
Southmost Latitude 72.38 °
Eastmost Longitude 46.90 °
Westmost Longitude 14.17 °
Diameter 68.00 km
Center Latitude 76.56 °
Center Longitude 30.76 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 21, 2015
Continent South and Central America
Ethnicity Mayan
Origin Mayan god of maize.
Reference [174] - Guide to the Gods, by Marjorie Leach: ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, 1992.
Updated Feb 16, 2017 9:13 AM

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