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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

[Wadjet]

Basic Info

Feature Name [Wadjet]
Clean Name Wadjet
Feature ID 6928
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -53.80 °
Southmost Latitude -53.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 268.90 °
Westmost Longitude 268.90 °
Diameter 100.00 km
Center Latitude -53.80 °
Center Longitude 268.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date 2000
Continent Africa
Culture Egypt
Origin Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut.
Reference [127] - Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel: ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.
Updated Apr 09, 2009 5:27 PM

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