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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tapio

Basic Info

Feature Name	Tapio
Clean Name	Tapio
Feature ID	5863
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	30.60 °
Southmost Latitude	29.50 °
Eastmost Longitude	107.90 °
Westmost Longitude	109.30 °
Diameter	52.20 km
Center Latitude	30.10 °
Center Longitude	108.60 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((252.069 30.126, 252.063 30.199, 252.048 30.27, 252.022 30.34, 251.986 30.406, 251.941 30.468, 251.888 30.524, 251.826 30.574, 251.758 30.617, 251.685 30.652, 251.607 30.679, 251.525 30.698, 251.442 30.707, 251.358 30.707, 251.275 30.698, 251.194 30.679, 251.115 30.652, 251.042 30.617, 250.974 30.574, 250.913 30.524, 250.859 30.468, 250.814 30.406, 250.778 30.34, 250.753 30.27, 250.737 30.199, 250.732 30.126, 250.737 30.053, 250.753 29.981, 250.778 29.911, 250.814 29.845, 250.859 29.783, 250.913 29.727, 250.974 29.677, 251.042 29.634, 251.115 29.599, 251.194 29.572, 251.275 29.554, 251.358 29.545, 251.442 29.545, 251.525 29.554, 251.607 29.572, 251.685 29.599, 251.758 29.634, 251.826 29.677, 251.888 29.727, 251.941 29.783, 251.986 29.845, 252.022 29.911, 252.048 29.981, 252.063 30.053, 252.069 30.126))
Northmost Latitude	30.60 °
Southmost Latitude	29.50 °
Eastmost Longitude	107.90 °
Westmost Longitude	109.30 °
Diameter	52.20 km
Center Latitude	30.10 °
Center Longitude	108.60 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((252.1 30.60000000001305, 250.7 30.60000000001305, 250.7 29.499999999994102, 252.1 29.499999999994102, 252.1 30.60000000001305)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1988
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Finland
Origin	Finnish deity of the wood who sends game to the hunter.
Reference	[64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated	Mar 03, 2026 10:30 PM

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