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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Adapa

Basic Info

Feature Name Adapa
Clean Name Adapa
Feature ID 49
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 73.71 °
Southmost Latitude 72.46 °
Eastmost Longitude 29.48 °
Westmost Longitude 33.16 °
Diameter 57.00 km
Center Latitude 73.08 °
Center Longitude 31.32 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 9:26 AM

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