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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Anu

Basic Info

Feature Name	Anu
Clean Name	Anu
Feature ID	302
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	65.84 °
Southmost Latitude	64.64 °
Eastmost Longitude	342.88 °
Westmost Longitude	345.61 °
Diameter	55.00 km
Center Latitude	65.24 °
Center Longitude	344.25 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((15.645155852306234 64.63669424712434, 15.43264774717809 64.65145772038053, 15.228021237133559 64.68062114118418, 15.036314905966394 64.72346640932724, 14.862249199786758 64.77893853211279, 14.710110193971756 64.84567160177636, 14.583644055764966 64.92202242866851, 14.485964801206086 65.00611100203729, 14.419477617721219 65.09586678213239, 14.38581964042607 65.18907968376547, 14.38581964042607 65.28345449594252, 14.419477617721219 65.3766673975756, 14.485964801206086 65.4664231776707, 14.583644055764966 65.55051175103948, 14.710110193971756 65.62686257793163, 14.862249199786758 65.6935956475952, 15.036314905966394 65.74906777038075, 15.228021237133559 65.79191303852382, 15.43264774717809 65.82107645932746, 15.645155852306234 65.83583993258365, 15.860312897695769 65.83583993258365, 16.07282100282391 65.82107645932746, 16.277447512868438 65.79191303852382, 16.469153844035606 65.74906777038075, 16.643219550215242 65.6935956475952, 16.79535855603024 65.62686257793163, 16.921824694237035 65.55051175103948, 17.01950394879591 65.4664231776707, 17.085991132280782 65.3766673975756, 17.11964910957593 65.28345449594252, 17.11964910957593 65.18907968376547, 17.085991132280782 65.09586678213239, 17.01950394879591 65.00611100203729, 16.921824694237035 64.92202242866851, 16.79535855603024 64.84567160177636, 16.643219550215242 64.77893853211279, 16.469153844035606 64.72346640932724, 16.277447512868438 64.68062114118418, 16.07282100282391 64.65145772038053, 15.860312897695769 64.63669424712434, 15.645155852306234 64.63669424712434))
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Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Sumerian
Origin	Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 10:50 AM

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