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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Enkidu

Basic Info

Feature Name Enkidu
Clean Name Enkidu
Feature ID 1805
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -25.31 °
Southmost Latitude -27.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 323.64 °
Westmost Longitude 326.61 °
Diameter 122.00 km
Center Latitude -26.61 °
Center Longitude 325.13 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Friend of Gilgamesh.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 12:26 PM

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