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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Buga

Basic Info

Feature Name	Buga
Clean Name	Buga
Feature ID	911
Target	Callisto
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	22.90 °
Southmost Latitude	21.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	323.20 °
Westmost Longitude	324.60 °
Diameter	59.00 km
Center Latitude	22.30 °
Center Longitude	323.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((36.53628622600007 22.693126594000034, 36.44200263000005 22.78770200300005, 36.333081736000054 22.863425797000048, 36.213709315000074 22.91738795200007, 36.08847277900003 22.947514733000048, 35.96218490000007 22.952648385000032, 35.839698852000026 22.93259162100003, 35.725721701000055 22.888115217000063, 35.62463352700007 22.82092837500005, 35.50549335200003 22.683428911000078, 35.43420294200007 22.512663418000045, 35.41690177900006 22.32333810500006, 35.455079828000066 22.131757540000024, 35.54544922000008 21.95442051400005, 35.68022740500004 21.806599171000073, 35.84780737300008 21.701023786000064, 36.03375725300003 21.646786441000074, 36.222063167000044 21.648558020000053, 36.39650833400003 21.70618595600007, 36.54206965100008 21.814707369000075, 36.64621148100008 21.964776467000036, 36.69996519400007 22.14346940100006, 36.698701560000075 22.335397257000068, 36.642529403000026 22.524031335000075, 36.53628622600007 22.693126594000034)))
Northmost Latitude	22.90 °
Southmost Latitude	21.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	323.20 °
Westmost Longitude	324.60 °
Diameter	59.00 km
Center Latitude	22.30 °
Center Longitude	323.90 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((36.8 22.899999999993227, 35.4 22.899999999993227, 35.4 21.599999999990292, 36.8 21.599999999990292, 36.8 22.899999999993227)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1979
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Tungu
Origin	Tungu heaven god.
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	Dec 08, 2025 10:45 PM

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