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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ninki

Basic Info

Feature Name Ninki
Clean Name Ninki
Feature ID 4296
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -6.26 °
Southmost Latitude -10.47 °
Eastmost Longitude 118.72 °
Westmost Longitude 122.86 °
Diameter 194.00 km
Center Latitude -8.37 °
Center Longitude 120.79 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 19, 2015 3:21 PM

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