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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hermopolis Facula
Clean Name Hermopolis Facula
Feature ID 2472
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.90 °
Southmost Latitude 19.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 192.70 °
Westmost Longitude 197.90 °
Diameter 260.00 km
Center Latitude 22.30 °
Center Longitude 195.30 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Place where Unut was worshipped.
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 25, 2016 8:23 AM

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