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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Bau

Basic Info

Feature Name Bau
Clean Name Bau
Feature ID 641
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 23.90 °
Southmost Latitude 22.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 47.80 °
Westmost Longitude 49.54 °
Diameter 77.00 km
Center Latitude 23.05 °
Center Longitude 48.67 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Asia
Culture Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 11:30 AM

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