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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Sholmo

Basic Info

Feature Name	Sholmo
Clean Name	Sholmo
Feature ID	5497
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	54.40 °
Southmost Latitude	53.00 °
Eastmost Longitude	15.20 °
Westmost Longitude	17.40 °
Diameter	57.00 km
Center Latitude	53.70 °
Center Longitude	16.20 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((344.8 54.40000000005273, 342.6 54.40000000005273, 342.6 52.999999999934104, 344.8 52.999999999934104, 344.8 54.40000000005273)))
Northmost Latitude	54.40 °
Southmost Latitude	53.00 °
Eastmost Longitude	15.20 °
Westmost Longitude	17.40 °
Diameter	57.00 km
Center Latitude	53.70 °
Center Longitude	16.20 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((343.665515672 54.35539502600005, 343.45182434500003 54.33636778300007, 343.247095804 54.29267145000006, 343.059197652 54.225985252000044, 342.895350708 54.13887190200006, 342.76185152000005 54.03467911800004, 342.66383038600003 53.91741097000005, 342.62935884700005 53.85526693500003, 342.60505420400006 53.791574007000065, 342.59115052500005 53.72694558400008, 342.58778170900007 53.66200407300005, 342.60252448600005 53.56537222000003, 342.64070070100007 53.471534200000065, 342.70148395600006 53.38252132500003, 342.78355847600005 53.30026045400007, 342.88514759500003 53.226532286000065, 343.00405221700004 53.162932814000044, 343.13769841500005 53.11083877400006, 343.283193152 53.07137784500003, 343.437386907 53.04540423700007, 343.59694185100005 53.03348020000004, 343.75840410100005 53.03586385300008, 343.918278486 53.052503597000054, 344.07310421000005 53.08303923300008, 344.219529763 53.12680975500007, 344.354385474 53.18286766500006, 344.474752124 53.24999947800006, 344.57802413800005 53.32675199200003, 344.66196598900007 53.41146374900006, 344.7247605900001 53.50230099300006, 344.76504862800005 53.59729737300006, 344.78195798700006 53.69439650400005, 344.77512263200003 53.79149648400005, 344.74469052600006 53.88649539100004, 344.69132043400003 53.977336785000034, 344.61616765700006 54.062054224000065, 344.52085902500005 54.13881383300003, 344.40745768200003 54.20595399700005, 344.27841842500004 54.26202133400005, 344.13653456500003 54.30580215600003, 343.98487745700004 54.33634874000006, 343.82673002200005 54.352999846000046, 343.665515672 54.35539502600005)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Finland
Origin	Finno-Ugric heaven god.
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 15, 2025 10:34 PM

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