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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Mehit
Clean Name Mehit
Feature ID 3804
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 29.47 °
Southmost Latitude 28.44 °
Eastmost Longitude 163.86 °
Westmost Longitude 164.91 °
Diameter 47.00 km
Center Latitude 28.95 °
Center Longitude 164.39 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife.
Reference [27] - The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.
Updated Nov 16, 2015 2:14 PM

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