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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nefertum

Basic Info

Feature Name	Nefertum
Clean Name	Nefertum
Feature ID	4191
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	44.65 °
Southmost Latitude	44.04 °
Eastmost Longitude	320.60 °
Westmost Longitude	321.47 °
Diameter	29.00 km
Center Latitude	44.35 °
Center Longitude	321.04 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((38.92849642922636 44.046026043463485, 38.86051876670429 44.05351089110561, 38.79506228995251 44.068296284600116, 38.733738754666305 44.090018158489265, 38.67805814980552 44.11814164814714, 38.629391516655204 44.15197425992185, 38.588937189238834 44.19068292262751, 38.55769128735753 44.23331450052161, 38.536423188814865 44.278819262670304, 38.52565658478173 44.32607673080785, 38.52565658478173 44.373923269230154, 38.536423188814865 44.4211807373677, 38.55769128735753 44.466685499516394, 38.588937189238834 44.50931707741049, 38.629391516655204 44.54802574011615, 38.67805814980552 44.581858351890865, 38.733738754666305 44.60998184154874, 38.79506228995251 44.63170371543789, 38.86051876670429 44.64648910893239, 38.92849642922636 44.65397395657452, 38.99732144186258 44.65397395657452, 39.06529910438469 44.64648910893239, 39.130755581136455 44.63170371543789, 39.19207911642263 44.60998184154874, 39.2477597212834 44.581858351890865, 39.296426354433734 44.54802574011615, 39.33688068185013 44.50931707741049, 39.368126583731424 44.466685499516394, 39.38939468227406 44.4211807373677, 39.40016128630721 44.373923269230154, 39.40016128630721 44.32607673080785, 39.38939468227406 44.278819262670304, 39.368126583731424 44.23331450052161, 39.33688068185013 44.19068292262751, 39.296426354433734 44.15197425992185, 39.2477597212834 44.11814164814714, 39.19207911642263 44.090018158489265, 39.130755581136455 44.068296284600116, 39.06529910438469 44.05351089110561, 38.99732144186258 44.046026043463485, 38.92849642922636 44.046026043463485))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1997
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 16, 2015 3:43 PM

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