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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Gushkin

Basic Info

Feature Name	Gushkin
Clean Name	Gushkin
Feature ID	15497
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	21.20 °
Southmost Latitude	20.30 °
Eastmost Longitude	45.53 °
Westmost Longitude	46.42 °
Diameter	40.50 km
Center Latitude	20.75 °
Center Longitude	45.98 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jul 09, 2016
Continent	Asia
Culture	Sumerian
Origin	Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths.
Reference	[398] - Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others, by Stephanie Dalley: Oxford University Press, 2000.
Updated	Jul 11, 2016 1:01 PM

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