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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Feature Information

Ganymede: Geb

See Crater, craters in the descriptor terms page for additional information.

Direction of Increasing Longitude: west
Longitude Range: 0.0° to 360.0°

Feature Name Geb Search for maps that cover Geb in the Planetary Map Index
Latitude 56.3°
Longitude 182.6°
Starting Latitude 55.7°
Starting Longitude 181.6°
Ending Latitude 57°
Ending Longitude 183.9°
Diameter 60 KM
Continent Africa
Ethnicity Egypt
Map
Quadrangle GLOBAL
Approval Status 5: Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1985
Reference Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames; Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.
Origin Heliopolis Earth god.

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