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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Erech Sulcus

Basic Info

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

Location

Control Network
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 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Asia
Culture	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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