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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Zakar
Clean Name Zakar
Feature ID 6692
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 33.13 °
Southmost Latitude 29.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 331.57 °
Westmost Longitude 335.78 °
Diameter 170.00 km
Center Latitude 31.28 °
Center Longitude 333.67 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1997
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Assyrian
Origin Assyrian supreme deity.
Reference [83] - Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes: Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.
Updated Nov 20, 2015 1:23 PM

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