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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nigirsu

Basic Info

Feature Name Nigirsu
Clean Name Nigirsu
Feature ID 4263
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -57.68 °
Southmost Latitude -58.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 319.52 °
Westmost Longitude 321.62 °
Diameter 53.00 km
Center Latitude -58.26 °
Center Longitude 320.57 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 19, 2015 3:13 PM

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