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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Apophis

Basic Info

Feature Name	Apophis
Clean Name	Apophis
Feature ID	329
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-7.54 °
Southmost Latitude	-8.70 °
Eastmost Longitude	275.54 °
Westmost Longitude	276.79 °
Diameter	57.00 km
Center Latitude	-8.12 °
Center Longitude	276.16 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((83.78646202507578 -8.704438146606762, 83.68909102789227 -8.690135889965761, 83.5953313695432 -8.661883545708728, 83.50749172398761 -8.620376780315425, 83.42773499482217 -8.566637628102894, 83.35802505741637 -8.501989325348626, 83.30007840178305 -8.42802372782185, 83.25532186689793 -8.346562114011418, 83.22485750718829 -8.259610339204938, 83.20943545629551 -8.169309444674543, 83.20943545629551 -8.077882938135057, 83.22485750718829 -7.987582043604661, 83.25532186689793 -7.9006302687981815, 83.30007840178305 -7.819168654987749, 83.35802505741637 -7.745203057460973, 83.42773499482217 -7.680554754706705, 83.50749172398761 -7.626815602494174, 83.5953313695432 -7.585308837100872, 83.68909102789227 -7.557056492843838, 83.78646202507578 -7.542754236202837, 83.88504676398728 -7.542754236202837, 83.98241776117082 -7.557056492843838, 84.07617741951985 -7.585308837100872, 84.16401706507544 -7.626815602494174, 84.24377379424088 -7.680554754706705, 84.31348373164668 -7.745203057460973, 84.37143038728 -7.819168654987749, 84.41618692216512 -7.9006302687981815, 84.4466512818748 -7.987582043604661, 84.46207333276755 -8.077882938135057, 84.46207333276755 -8.169309444674543, 84.4466512818748 -8.259610339204938, 84.41618692216512 -8.346562114011418, 84.37143038728 -8.42802372782185, 84.31348373164668 -8.501989325348626, 84.24377379424088 -8.566637628102894, 84.16401706507544 -8.620376780315425, 84.07617741951985 -8.661883545708728, 83.98241776117082 -8.690135889965761, 83.88504676398728 -8.704438146606762, 83.78646202507578 -8.704438146606762))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	2000
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence.
Reference	[157] - Great Figures of Mythology, by Peter Clayton: Crescent Books, New York, 1990.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 11:01 AM

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