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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Amon
Clean Name Amon
Feature ID 238
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 34.80 °
Southmost Latitude 32.59 °
Eastmost Longitude 219.47 °
Westmost Longitude 221.76 °
Diameter 102.00 km
Center Latitude 33.69 °
Center Longitude 220.61 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Theban king of gods.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 10:26 AM

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