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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kingu

Basic Info

Feature Name Kingu
Clean Name Kingu
Feature ID 3040
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.82 °
Southmost Latitude -35.49 °
Eastmost Longitude 226.13 °
Westmost Longitude 227.93 °
Diameter 78.00 km
Center Latitude -34.66 °
Center Longitude 227.03 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man.
Reference [83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Updated Nov 16, 2015 11:26 AM

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