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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Erech Sulcus
Clean Name Erech Sulcus
Feature ID 1822
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 2.00 °
Southmost Latitude -16.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 175.20 °
Westmost Longitude 181.60 °
Diameter 953.00 km
Center Latitude -7.30 °
Center Longitude 179.20 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Akkadian town that was built by Marduk.
Reference [27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated Feb 23, 2016 8:42 AM

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