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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tammuz

Basic Info

Feature Name Tammuz
Clean Name Tammuz
Feature ID 5847
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.99 °
Southmost Latitude 12.91 °
Eastmost Longitude 230.19 °
Westmost Longitude 231.33 °
Diameter 51.00 km
Center Latitude 13.45 °
Center Longitude 230.76 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Culture Akkadian (Accadian)
Origin Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son.
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 Nov 20, 2015 11:49 AM

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