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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Aya

Basic Info

Feature Name	Aya
Clean Name	Aya
Feature ID	516
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	68.76 °
Southmost Latitude	67.92 °
Eastmost Longitude	320.93 °
Westmost Longitude	323.11 °
Diameter	38.00 km
Center Latitude	68.34 °
Center Longitude	322.02 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 13, 2015 11:21 AM

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