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Planetary Names: Chaos, chaoses: Rathcroghan Chaos on Europa

Rathcroghan Chaos

Feature Name	Rathcroghan Chaos
Clean Name	Rathcroghan Chaos
Feature ID	16069
Target	Europa
Feature Type	Chaos, chaoses
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	-2.35 °
Southernmost Latitude	18.04 °
Easternmost Longitude	187.76 °
Westernmost Longitude	175.93 °
Diameter	430.00 km
Center Latitude	-10.08 °
Center Longitude	181.92 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((180.0001220703125 -16.43719482421875, 180.6370849609375 -16.62371826171875, 181.597900390625 -16.21612548828125, 182.9370727539062 -15.66290283203125, 183.781494140625 -15.42999267578125, 183.8978881835938 -14.818603515625, 184.159912109375 -14.06170654296875, 184.8587036132812 -13.36297607421875, 184.7130737304688 -12.69329833984375, 185.5283203125 -12.489501953125, 187.1295166015625 -12.256591796875, 187.764892578125 -11.3345947265625, 187.2293090820312 -10.30987548828125, 186.6663208007812 -9.41119384765625, 186.4334716796875 -8.1593017578125, 186.4625244140625 -6.49981689453125, 186.1978759765625 -5.53131103515625, 185.0916748046875 -4.48321533203125, 184.7713012695312 -2.765380859375, 182.7332763671875 -3.173095703125, 180.3751220703125 -2.3577880859375, 180.0001220703125 -2.62579345703125, 179.1522827148438 -3.2313232421875, 178.2789306640625 -4.10467529296875, 177.2891235351562 -4.7742919921875, 176.4157104492188 -5.269287109375, 175.9498901367188 -5.5894775390625, 176.0662841796875 -6.57940673828125, 176.3283081054688 -7.16168212890625, 176.9979248046875 -8.09332275390625, 177.4346923828125 -8.99578857421875, 177.405517578125 -9.694580078125, 177.318115234375 -10.4805908203125, 179.035888671875 -10.68438720703125, 180.0001220703125 -10.2855224609375, 180.7244873046875 -9.9857177734375, 181.044677734375 -10.9755859375, 180.2587280273438 -11.47052001953125, 180.0001220703125 -11.52801513671875, 179.4727172851562 -11.64520263671875, 178.2789306640625 -11.9945068359375, 177.7838745117188 -12.69329833984375, 177.8712768554688 -14.119873046875, 178.3370971679688 -15.42999267578125, 179.4434814453125 -16.2742919921875, 180.0001220703125 -16.43719482421875)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Celtic
Quad	-
Reference	[632] - Celtic Myths and Legends, by T. W. Rolleston: Dover Publications, 2012.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jan 04, 2022
Origin	Celtic Myths and Legends, by T. W. Rolleston: Dover Publications, 2012.
Last Updated	May 02, 2022 8:37 PM

Rathcroghan Chaos

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