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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Busiris Facula

Basic Info

Feature Name	Busiris Facula
Clean Name	Busiris Facula
Feature ID	930
Target	Ganymede
Feature Type	Facula, faculae

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	19.60 °
Southmost Latitude	11.60 °
Eastmost Longitude	211.32 °
Westmost Longitude	219.60 °
Diameter	369.00 km
Center Latitude	16.00 °
Center Longitude	215.30 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((140.5109375 15.363232421851, 140.35712890625 15.956494140601, 140.33515625 16.681591796851, 140.4669921875 17.406689453101, 140.6427734375 17.999951171851, 140.950390625 18.439404296851, 141.45576171875 19.032666015601, 142.0490234375 19.384228515601, 142.59833984375 19.603955078101, 143.87275390625 19.647900390601, 144.7296875 19.625927734351, 145.7404296875 19.450146484351, 146.55341796875 19.142529296851, 147.52021484375 18.461376953101, 148.13544921875 17.714306640601, 148.66279296875 16.703564453101, 148.57490234375 15.077587890601, 148.17939453125 14.198681640601, 147.78388671875 13.165966796851, 146.9708984375 12.155224609351, 145.96015625 11.671826171851, 144.75166015625 12.440869140601, 141.9611328125 14.110791015601, 141.126171875 14.835888671851, 140.66474609375 15.143505859351, 140.5109375 15.363232421851))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1985
Continent	Africa
Culture	Egypt
Origin	Town in lower Egypt where Osiris was first installed as local 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	Mar 01, 2016 3:08 PM

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