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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Melkart
Clean Name Melkart
Feature ID 3820
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -8.76 °
Southmost Latitude -10.96 °
Eastmost Longitude 184.91 °
Westmost Longitude 187.23 °
Diameter 105.00 km
Center Latitude -9.86 °
Center Longitude 186.07 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Phoenician
Origin Phoenician; divinity of Tyre.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 16, 2015 2:26 PM

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