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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Gráinne

Basic Info

Feature Name Gráinne
Clean Name Grainne
Feature ID 2263
Target Europa
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -59.50 °
Southmost Latitude -60.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 98.90 °
Westmost Longitude 99.90 °
Diameter 13.50 km
Center Latitude -59.70 °
Center Longitude 99.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Ireland
Origin Daughter of Cormac Mac Art, the mythical High King of Ulster, and wife of Diarmuid.
Reference [152] - Dictionary of Irish Mythology, by Peter Berresford Ellis: Oxford University Press, New York, 1987.
Updated Jul 09, 2024 4:27 PM

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