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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Zaqar

Basic Info

Feature Name	Zaqar
Clean Name	Zaqar
Feature ID	6701
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	58.52 °
Southmost Latitude	57.80 °
Eastmost Longitude	36.74 °
Westmost Longitude	38.09 °
Diameter	33.00 km
Center Latitude	58.16 °
Center Longitude	37.41 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((322.5326603422627 57.8037908291361, 322.4283944833449 57.81258616778517, 322.3279956829593 57.82996027465581, 322.2339360927759 57.855485341575395, 322.1485317720701 57.88853285668357, 322.0738856586589 57.92828908048003, 322.0118357875901 57.973775082791455, 321.9639100326234 58.02387084728155, 321.9312884848989 58.07734284997034, 321.91477439518974 58.1328744326882, 321.91477439518974 58.18909822356986, 321.9312884848989 58.24462980628767, 321.9639100326234 58.29810180897645, 322.0118357875901 58.3481975734666, 322.0738856586589 58.39368357577803, 322.1485317720701 58.43343979957443, 322.2339360927759 58.46648731468266, 322.3279956829593 58.492012381602244, 322.4283944833449 58.50938648847283, 322.5326603422627 58.51818182712197, 322.63822588822643 58.51818182712197, 322.74249174714396 58.50938648847283, 322.8428905475296 58.492012381602244, 322.9369501377143 58.46648731468267, 323.02235445842007 58.43343979957443, 323.0970005718302 58.39368357577803, 323.1590504428988 58.3481975734666, 323.20697619786677 58.29810180897645, 323.23959774558995 58.24462980628767, 323.2561118352994 58.18909822356986, 323.2561118352994 58.1328744326882, 323.23959774558995 58.07734284997034, 323.20697619786677 58.02387084728155, 323.1590504428988 57.973775082791455, 323.0970005718302 57.92828908048003, 323.02235445842007 57.88853285668357, 322.9369501377143 57.85548534157539, 322.8428905475296 57.82996027465581, 322.74249174714396 57.81258616778517, 322.63822588822643 57.8037908291361, 322.5326603422627 57.8037908291361))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Culture	Assyro-Babylonian
Origin	Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men.
Reference	[1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated	Nov 20, 2015 1:27 PM

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