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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tashmetum

Basic Info

Feature Name Tashmetum
Clean Name Tashmetum
Feature ID 5879
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -38.27 °
Southmost Latitude -41.17 °
Eastmost Longitude 262.63 °
Westmost Longitude 266.46 °
Diameter 135.00 km
Center Latitude -39.72 °
Center Longitude 264.54 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian goddess who invented writing with her husband Nabu.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 20, 2015 12:29 PM

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