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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

[Ombos Facula]

Basic Info

Feature Name [Ombos Facula]
Clean Name Ombos Facula
Feature ID 4457
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.60 °
Southmost Latitude 2.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 234.30 °
Westmost Longitude 238.00 °
Diameter 170.00 km
Center Latitude 4.80 °
Center Longitude 236.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 1985
Continent Africa
Culture Egypt
Origin Egyptian town where Sebek's triad worshipped; present Kom Ombo.
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 Aug 16, 2013 10:27 AM
Additional Information Name changed to Ombos August 16, 2013.

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