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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Khepri

Basic Info

Feature Name	Khepri
Clean Name	Khepri
Feature ID	3009
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	20.89 °
Southmost Latitude	19.93 °
Eastmost Longitude	147.02 °
Westmost Longitude	148.09 °
Diameter	47.00 km
Center Latitude	20.41 °
Center Longitude	147.56 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((212.4002533773065 19.935506367019045, 212.317176554338 19.94728189165347, 212.23718092151552 19.970542988425105, 212.16223623680943 20.00471689193227, 212.09418788708436 20.048962127253937, 212.03471144855 20.102189229854968, 211.98527142851418 20.163087571818703, 211.94708520435208 20.230157633855985, 211.92109304763545 20.30174792844668, 211.90793497152563 20.3760956649434, 211.90793497152563 20.451370155327602, 211.92109304763545 20.52571789182432, 211.94708520435208 20.597308186415017, 211.98527142851418 20.664378248452298, 212.03471144855 20.725276590416033, 212.09418788708436 20.778503693017065, 212.16223623680943 20.822748928338733, 212.23718092151552 20.856922831845896, 212.317176554338 20.88018392861753, 212.4002533773065 20.891959453251957, 212.4843657633234 20.891959453251957, 212.56744258629192 20.88018392861753, 212.6474382191144 20.856922831845896, 212.7223829038205 20.822748928338733, 212.79043125354556 20.778503693017065, 212.8499076920799 20.725276590416033, 212.89934771211574 20.664378248452298, 212.93753393627784 20.597308186415017, 212.96352609299447 20.52571789182432, 212.9766841691043 20.451370155327602, 212.9766841691043 20.3760956649434, 212.96352609299447 20.30174792844668, 212.93753393627784 20.230157633855985, 212.89934771211574 20.163087571818703, 212.8499076920799 20.102189229854968, 212.79043125354556 20.048962127253937, 212.7223829038205 20.00471689193227, 212.6474382191144 19.970542988425105, 212.56744258629192 19.94728189165347, 212.4843657633234 19.935506367019045, 212.4002533773065 19.935506367019045))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	God of transformations for the Heliopitans.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 16, 2015 11:09 AM

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