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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Anzu
Clean Name Anzu
Feature ID 309
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 65.81 °
Southmost Latitude 61.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 58.05 °
Westmost Longitude 67.41 °
Diameter 210.00 km
Center Latitude 63.51 °
Center Longitude 62.73 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Sumerian
Origin Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird.
Reference [157] - Great Figures of Mythology, by Peter Clayton: Crescent Books, New York, 1990.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 10:58 AM

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