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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tanit

Basic Info

Feature Name	Tanit
Clean Name	Tanit
Feature ID	5855
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	57.78 °
Southmost Latitude	57.20 °
Eastmost Longitude	36.13 °
Westmost Longitude	37.12 °
Diameter	26.00 km
Center Latitude	57.49 °
Center Longitude	36.62 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((323.3377855804257 57.20327541618887, 323.26102982007467 57.21037887032057, 323.187120811489 57.22441086796822, 323.11787843975003 57.24502589478021, 323.05500768185226 57.271716340379086, 323.00005662451105 57.303824997413685, 322.95437834513024 57.340561244185295, 322.9190975945459 57.38102051237779, 322.8950831019273 57.424206560531644, 322.8829261837825 57.469056004815045, 322.8829261837825 57.51446450306297, 322.8950831019273 57.55931394734637, 322.9190975945459 57.602499995500224, 322.95437834513024 57.64295926369272, 323.00005662451105 57.67969551046433, 323.05500768185226 57.711804167498926, 323.11787843975003 57.7384946130978, 323.187120811489 57.759109639909795, 323.26102982007467 57.773141637557444, 323.3377855804257 57.78024509168914, 323.41549811098434 57.78024509168914, 323.4922538713354 57.773141637557444, 323.566162879921 57.759109639909795, 323.63540525166 57.7384946130978, 323.6982760095578 57.711804167498926, 323.753227066899 57.67969551046433, 323.7989053462798 57.64295926369272, 323.83418609686413 57.602499995500224, 323.85820058948275 57.55931394734637, 323.87035750762755 57.51446450306297, 323.87035750762755 57.469056004815045, 323.85820058948275 57.424206560531644, 323.83418609686413 57.38102051237779, 323.7989053462798 57.340561244185295, 323.753227066899 57.303824997413685, 323.6982760095578 57.271716340379086, 323.63540525166 57.24502589478021, 323.566162879921 57.22441086796822, 323.4922538713354 57.21037887032057, 323.41549811098434 57.20327541618887, 323.3377855804257 57.20327541618887))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 20, 2015 12:27 PM

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