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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tettu Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name Tettu Facula
Clean Name Tettu Facula
Feature ID 5939
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 39.66 °
Southmost Latitude 35.56 °
Eastmost Longitude 158.50 °
Westmost Longitude 163.40 °
Diameter 189.00 km
Center Latitude 37.60 °
Center Longitude 160.96 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Africa
Culture Egypt
Origin Egyptian town where Hatmenit and Osiris were worshipped.
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 Feb 25, 2016 10:59 AM

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