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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Etana

Basic Info

Feature Name	Etana
Clean Name	Etana
Feature ID	1856
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	75.24 °
Southmost Latitude	74.24 °
Eastmost Longitude	338.71 °
Westmost Longitude	342.00 °
Diameter	46.00 km
Center Latitude	74.74 °
Center Longitude	340.35 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((19.515943533059755 74.2425296980567, 19.259908822800725 74.25487621458652, 19.013370041708235 74.27926523543343, 18.782397792788103 74.31509622196171, 18.572679379361645 74.36148689636676, 18.38937876478295 74.41729496628292, 18.23700941852282 74.48114625181249, 18.11932317957105 74.55146852239544, 18.039217873708846 74.62653021034383, 17.998665959420805 74.70448304778489, 17.998665959420805 74.7834075771502, 18.039217873708846 74.86136041459126, 18.11932317957105 74.93642210253965, 18.23700941852282 75.0067443731226, 18.38937876478295 75.07059565865217, 18.572679379361645 75.12640372856833, 18.782397792788103 75.17279440297338, 19.013370041708235 75.20862538950162, 19.259908822800725 75.23301441034853, 19.515943533059755 75.24536092687835, 19.775169748188247 75.24536092687835, 20.031204458447277 75.23301441034853, 20.277743239539767 75.20862538950162, 20.5087154884599 75.17279440297338, 20.718433901886357 75.12640372856833, 20.90173451646505 75.07059565865217, 21.05410386272518 75.0067443731226, 21.17179010167695 74.93642210253965, 21.251895407539156 74.86136041459126, 21.292447321827197 74.7834075771502, 21.292447321827197 74.70448304778489, 21.251895407539156 74.62653021034383, 21.17179010167695 74.55146852239544, 21.05410386272518 74.48114625181249, 20.90173451646505 74.41729496628292, 20.718433901886357 74.36148689636676, 20.5087154884599 74.31509622196171, 20.277743239539767 74.27926523543343, 20.031204458447277 74.25487621458652, 19.775169748188247 74.2425296980567, 19.515943533059755 74.2425296980567))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 12:41 PM

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