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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Isimu

Basic Info

Feature Name Isimu
Clean Name Isimu
Feature ID 2738
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.50 °
Southmost Latitude 7.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 1.00 °
Westmost Longitude 359.00 °
Diameter 89.50 km
Center Latitude 8.50 °
Center Longitude 360.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Culture Sumerian
Origin Sumerian god of vegetation.
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 12, 2016 10:11 AM

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