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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kishar

Basic Info

Feature Name	Kishar
Clean Name	Kishar
Feature ID	3054
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	73.53 °
Southmost Latitude	71.86 °
Eastmost Longitude	346.79 °
Westmost Longitude	352.13 °
Diameter	78.00 km
Center Latitude	72.70 °
Center Longitude	349.46 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((10.329938399673036 71.86446551066348, 9.91486222265188 71.88502531619969, 9.515180575426013 71.92563867662608, 9.140734946617469 71.98530555622054, 8.800745430321305 72.06255675838463, 8.503583696789253 72.15549010213901, 8.256566854124124 72.26181726013235, 8.065777276794226 72.3789201048552, 7.935912837387724 72.50391517562849, 7.870171229398187 72.63372467897491, 7.870171229398187 72.76515227410908, 7.935912837387724 72.8949617774555, 8.065777276794226 73.0199568482288, 8.256566854124124 73.13705969295165, 8.503583696789253 73.24338685094499, 8.800745430321305 73.33632019469937, 9.140734946617469 73.41357139686346, 9.515180575426013 73.47323827645792, 9.91486222265188 73.51385163688431, 10.329938399673036 73.53441144242052, 10.75018855345237 73.53441144242052, 11.165264730473519 73.51385163688431, 11.56494637769939 73.47323827645792, 11.939392006507937 73.41357139686346, 12.279381522804098 73.33632019469937, 12.57654325633615 73.24338685094499, 12.823560099001282 73.13705969295165, 13.014349676331182 73.0199568482288, 13.144214115737677 72.8949617774555, 13.209955723727221 72.76515227410908, 13.209955723727221 72.63372467897491, 13.144214115737677 72.50391517562849, 13.014349676331182 72.3789201048552, 12.823560099001282 72.26181726013235, 12.57654325633615 72.15549010213901, 12.279381522804098 72.06255675838463, 11.939392006507937 71.98530555622054, 11.564946377699394 71.92563867662608, 11.165264730473519 71.88502531619969, 10.75018855345237 71.86446551066348, 10.329938399673036 71.86446551066348))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 16, 2015 11:30 AM

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