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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Mashu Sulcus

Basic Info

Feature Name	Mashu Sulcus
Clean Name	Mashu Sulcus
Feature ID	3739
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Sulcus, sulci

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	51.00 °
Southmost Latitude	14.90 °
Eastmost Longitude	175.80 °
Westmost Longitude	241.40 °
Diameter	2960.00 km
Center Latitude	34.00 °
Center Longitude	210.00 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; mountain with twin peaks where sun rose and set.
Reference	[22] - Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative, by Herbert Mason: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Mass., 1971.
Updated	Feb 23, 2016 10:03 AM

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