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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Gilgamesh
Clean Name Gilgamesh
Feature ID 2161
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -61.20 °
Southmost Latitude -64.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 121.12 °
Westmost Longitude 128.37 °
Diameter 153.00 km
Center Latitude -62.84 °
Center Longitude 124.83 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 1:41 PM

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