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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Asshur
Clean Name Asshur
Feature ID 435
Target Ganymede
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 54.45 °
Southmost Latitude 53.88 °
Eastmost Longitude 333.06 °
Westmost Longitude 333.91 °
Diameter 25.50 km
Center Latitude 54.16 °
Center Longitude 333.48 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1979
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Assyro-Babylonian
Origin Assyro-Babylonian warrior god.
Reference [1] - Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames: Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Updated Nov 13, 2015 11:12 AM

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