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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Asshur

Basic Info

Feature Name	Asshur
Clean Name	Asshur
Feature ID	435
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	54.45 °
Southmost Latitude	53.88 °
Eastmost Longitude	333.06 °
Westmost Longitude	333.91 °
Diameter	25.50 km
Center Latitude	54.16 °
Center Longitude	333.48 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian warrior god.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 11:12 AM

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