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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Apophis
Clean Name Apophis
Feature ID 329
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -7.54 °
Southmost Latitude -8.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.54 °
Westmost Longitude 276.79 °
Diameter 57.00 km
Center Latitude -8.12 °
Center Longitude 276.16 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2000
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Origin Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence.
Reference [157] - Great Figures of Mythology, by Peter Clayton: Crescent Books, New York, 1990.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 11:01 AM

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