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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Inachus Tholus
Clean Name Inachus Tholus
Feature ID 2682
Target Io
Feature Type Tholus, tholi

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -13.73 °
Southmost Latitude -18.64 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.91 °
Westmost Longitude 350.70 °
Diameter 176.96 km
Center Latitude -16.18 °
Center Longitude 347.76 °
Northmost Latitude -13.73 °
Southmost Latitude -18.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 344.91 °
Westmost Longitude 350.75 °
Diameter 178.93 km
Center Latitude -16.21 °
Center Longitude 347.65 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Greek; river god, father of Io.
Reference [19] - The Greek Myths (2 vols.), by Robert Graves: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1974.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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