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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Coptos Facula
Clean Name Coptos Facula
Feature ID 1304
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Facula, faculae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.40 °
Southmost Latitude 6.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 205.50 °
Westmost Longitude 212.50 °
Diameter 329.00 km
Center Latitude 10.00 °
Center Longitude 209.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Early town from which caravans departed.
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 Feb 25, 2016 8:00 AM

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