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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Melkart

Basic Info

Feature Name	Melkart
Clean Name	Melkart
Feature ID	3820
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-8.76 °
Southmost Latitude	-10.96 °
Eastmost Longitude	184.91 °
Westmost Longitude	187.23 °
Diameter	105.00 km
Center Latitude	-9.86 °
Center Longitude	186.07 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((173.83744270161276 -10.95796718127622, 173.6574429185163 -10.93088824203593, 173.48411904740283 -10.877397136909291, 173.32173889720812 -10.79881099443132, 173.17430080613877 -10.697064866242279, 173.04543518931584 -10.574664079694227, 172.93831514590602 -10.43462254837689, 172.85557832688906 -10.2803885595625, 172.799261987337 -10.11575986592893, 172.77075282243274 -9.944790172284748, 172.77075282243274 -9.771689319903356, 172.799261987337 -9.60071962625917, 172.85557832688906 -9.436090932625604, 172.93831514590602 -9.281856943811214, 173.04543518931584 -9.141815412493877, 173.17430080613877 -9.01941462594582, 173.32173889720812 -8.917668497756782, 173.48411904740283 -8.839082355278812, 173.6574429185163 -8.785591250152173, 173.83744270161276 -8.75851231091188, 174.01968620464726 -8.75851231091188, 174.19968598774372 -8.785591250152173, 174.3730098588572 -8.839082355278812, 174.5353900090519 -8.917668497756782, 174.68282810012124 -9.01941462594582, 174.81169371694418 -9.141815412493877, 174.918813760354 -9.281856943811214, 175.00155057937096 -9.436090932625604, 175.05786691892303 -9.60071962625917, 175.08637608382728 -9.771689319903352, 175.08637608382728 -9.944790172284748, 175.05786691892303 -10.11575986592893, 175.00155057937096 -10.2803885595625, 174.918813760354 -10.43462254837689, 174.81169371694418 -10.574664079694227, 174.68282810012124 -10.697064866242279, 174.5353900090519 -10.79881099443132, 174.3730098588572 -10.877397136909291, 174.19968598774372 -10.93088824203593, 174.01968620464726 -10.95796718127622, 173.83744270161276 -10.95796718127622))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Phoenician
Origin	Phoenician; divinity of Tyre.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 16, 2015 2:26 PM

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