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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Sapas

Basic Info

Feature Name	Sapas
Clean Name	Sapas
Feature ID	5317
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	58.08 °
Southmost Latitude	56.82 °
Eastmost Longitude	32.89 °
Westmost Longitude	35.09 °
Diameter	56.00 km
Center Latitude	57.45 °
Center Longitude	33.99 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((325.9224954047526 56.8258661203525, 325.75092370514517 56.84128817124526, 325.58571533301307 56.87175253095493, 325.4309382667736 56.91650906584005, 325.2904036314729 56.97445572147334, 325.16757185623993 57.04416565887918, 325.06546746703634 57.12392238804461, 324.98660461278917 57.21176203360017, 324.9329251587009 57.305521691949224, 324.90575087108306 57.40289268913274, 324.90575087108306 57.50147742804425, 324.9329251587009 57.598848425227764, 324.98660461278917 57.692608083576815, 325.06546746703634 57.780447729132376, 325.16757185623993 57.86020445829781, 325.2904036314729 57.92991439570365, 325.4309382667736 57.987861051336935, 325.58571533301307 58.03261758622206, 325.75092370514517 58.06308194593173, 325.9224954047526 58.07850399682449, 326.0962057671774 58.07850399682449, 326.2677774667849 58.06308194593173, 326.432985838917 58.03261758622206, 326.58776290515647 57.987861051336935, 326.72829754045716 57.92991439570365, 326.8511293156901 57.86020445829781, 326.9532337048937 57.780447729132376, 327.0320965591409 57.692608083576815, 327.0857760132291 57.598848425227764, 327.112950300847 57.50147742804425, 327.112950300847 57.40289268913274, 327.0857760132291 57.305521691949224, 327.0320965591409 57.21176203360017, 326.9532337048937 57.12392238804461, 326.8511293156901 57.04416565887918, 326.72829754045716 56.97445572147335, 326.58776290515647 56.91650906584005, 326.432985838917 56.87175253095493, 326.2677774667849 56.84128817124526, 326.0962057671774 56.8258661203525, 325.9224954047526 56.8258661203525))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 20, 2015 8:01 AM

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