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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Sarakka

Basic Info

Feature Name Sarakka
Clean Name Sarakka
Feature ID 5322
Target Callisto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.90 °
Southmost Latitude -3.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.00 °
Westmost Longitude 54.10 °
Diameter 47.70 km
Center Latitude -3.30 °
Center Longitude 53.50 °
Northmost Latitude -2.90 °
Southmost Latitude -3.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 53.00 °
Westmost Longitude 54.10 °
Diameter 47.70 km
Center Latitude -3.30 °
Center Longitude 53.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Finland
Origin Finno-Ugric goddess of childbirth.
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 12, 2025 10:50 PM

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