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Goirias Chaos

Basic Info

Feature Name	Goirias Chaos
Clean Name	Goirias Chaos
Feature ID	16068
Target	Europa
Feature Type	Chaos, chaoses

Location

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Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	19.16 °
Southmost Latitude	2.48 °
Eastmost Longitude	187.57 °
Westmost Longitude	171.12 °
Diameter	470.00 km
Center Latitude	10.77 °
Center Longitude	180.75 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((180.0001220703125 5.1041259765625, 180.86248779296875 4.4666748046875, 183.010498046875 2.4998779296875, 185.236083984375 3.97509765625, 186.038330078125 5.68310546875, 186.60748291015625 6.7958984375, 186.9180908203125 8.11572265625, 185.0806884765625 9.021484375, 183.217529296875 11.04010009765625, 184.847900390625 12.30810546875, 187.332275390625 12.51507568359375, 187.69451904296875 13.13629150390625, 186.9957275390625 14.611328125, 186.3228759765625 16.16412353515625, 183.476318359375 18.05328369140625, 182.5963134765625 18.98492431640625, 180.6295166015625 19.3212890625, 180.0001220703125 18.80810546875, 178.947509765625 17.94970703125, 178.27447509765625 15.69830322265625, 178.35211181640625 14.404296875, 178.7921142578125 13.6796875, 177.9381103515625 13.21392822265625, 177.00653076171875 13.26568603515625, 175.8936767578125 11.89410400390625, 172.2188720703125 10.60009765625, 171.7012939453125 9.72027587890625, 171.2354736328125 8.9697265625, 171.4425048828125 7.26171875, 172.2188720703125 5.4500732421875, 173.22808837890625 4.77728271484375, 174.0562744140625 3.92327880859375, 174.59967041015625 4.00091552734375, 175.55731201171875 3.87152099609375, 176.20428466796875 4.77728271484375, 176.79949951171875 6.0452880859375, 177.42047119140625 6.330078125, 178.17108154296875 5.99371337890625, 179.672119140625 5.3466796875, 180.0001220703125 5.1041259765625)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jan 04, 2022
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Celtic
Origin	In Celtic mythology, one of the four cities of the Tuatha Dé Danann (Dana) people.
Reference	[633] - Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth, by Mark Williams: Princeton University Press, 2016.
Updated	May 02, 2022 8:30 PM

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