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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nidaba

Basic Info

Feature Name	Nidaba
Clean Name	Nidaba
Feature ID	4254
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	19.92 °
Southmost Latitude	15.58 °
Eastmost Longitude	121.21 °
Westmost Longitude	125.66 °
Diameter	199.00 km
Center Latitude	17.75 °
Center Longitude	123.43 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((236.3909662548991 15.579317726092135, 236.04527426509432 15.63273947461657, 235.71240345350165 15.738267550920124, 235.4005502042366 15.893303503536622, 235.11739337927838 16.094029832777807, 234.86990523940057 16.33550399024528, 234.66417976397332 16.611780080775397, 234.5052825969654 16.91605527011152, 234.3971263139778 17.24083729326077, 234.34237408164788 17.578128938923452, 234.34237408164788 17.919624967376546, 234.3971263139778 18.256916613039227, 234.5052825969654 18.581698636188477, 234.66417976397332 18.88597382552461, 234.86990523940057 19.162249916054716, 235.11739337927838 19.403724073522184, 235.4005502042366 19.60445040276337, 235.71240345350165 19.759486355379874, 236.04527426509432 19.865014431683427, 236.3909662548991 19.918436180207852, 236.74096733884087 19.918436180207852, 237.08665932864565 19.865014431683427, 237.41953014023832 19.759486355379874, 237.73138338950338 19.60445040276337, 238.0145402144616 19.403724073522184, 238.2620283543394 19.162249916054716, 238.46775382976665 18.88597382552461, 238.62665099677457 18.581698636188477, 238.73480727976218 18.256916613039227, 238.7895595120921 17.919624967376546, 238.7895595120921 17.578128938923452, 238.73480727976218 17.24083729326077, 238.62665099677457 16.91605527011152, 238.46775382976665 16.611780080775397, 238.2620283543394 16.335503990245282, 238.0145402144616 16.09402983277781, 237.73138338950338 15.893303503536622, 237.41953014023832 15.738267550920124, 237.08665932864565 15.63273947461657, 236.74096733884087 15.579317726092135, 236.3909662548991 15.579317726092135))
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Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Asia
Culture	Sumerian
Origin	Sumerian grain goddess.
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 19, 2015 3:11 PM

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