List of craters on Ganymede
Ganymede is the largest moon in the solar system, and thus has many craters covering its hard surface. Here is a list of Ganymedean craters that have been given names. Most are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths.
List of craters on Ganymede
Crater | Coordinates | Diameter, km | Year named | Named after |
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Achelous | 61°48′N 11°42′W / 61.8°N 11.7°W | 40.0 | 1979 | Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother. |
Adad | 57°30′N 358°06′W / 57.5°N 358.1°W | 39.0 | 1979 | Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. |
Adapa | 73°06′N 31°18′W / 73.1°N 31.3°W | 56.0 | 1979 | Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. |
Agreus | 15°54′N 232°42′W / 15.9°N 232.7°W | 63.0 | 1985 | Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre. |
Agrotes | 60°54′N 192°30′W / 60.9°N 192.5°W | 74.0 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. |
Aleyin | 15°06′N 134°06′W / 15.1°N 134.1°W | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs. |
Ammura | 31°42′N 342°24′W / 31.7°N 342.4°W | 61.5 | 1979 | Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west. |
Amon | 33°42′N 220°42′W / 33.7°N 220.7°W | 101.8 | 1985 | Amon, Theban king of gods. |
Amset | 14°24′S 178°48′W / 14.4°S 178.8°W | 10.9 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. |
Anat | 4°06′S 127°54′W / 4.1°S 127.9°W | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of dew. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede. |
Andjeti | 52°48′S 161°06′W / 52.8°S 161.1°W | 52.5 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. |
Anhur | 32°36′N 192°18′W / 32.6°N 192.3°W | 25.0 | 1997 | Anhur, Egyptian warrior god. |
Antum | 5°06′N 218°54′W / 5.1°N 218.9°W | 14.7 | 1985 | Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu. |
Anu | 65°12′N 344°18′W / 65.2°N 344.3°W | 55.0 | 1979 | Anu, Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens. |
Anubis | 84°12′S 128°54′W / 84.2°S 128.9°W | 113.8 | 1988 | Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. |
Anzu | 63°30′N 62°30′W / 63.5°N 62.5°W | 205.0 | 2000 | Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. |
Apophis | 8°00′S 276°00′W / 8.0°S 276.0°W | 65.0 | 2000 | Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. |
Ashîma | 39°06′S 123°00′W / 39.1°S 123.0°W | 84.2 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. |
Asshur | 54°12′N 333°30′W / 54.2°N 333.5°W | 25.6 | 1979 | Asshur, Assyro-Babylonian warrior god. |
Atra-hasis | 22°30′N 254°12′W / 22.5°N 254.2°W | 125.0 | 2000 | Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. |
Aya | 68°18′N 322°12′W / 68.3°N 322.2°W | 38.0 | 1979 | Aya, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash. |
Ba'al | 24°54′N 329°54′W / 24.9°N 329.9°W | 43.2 | 1979 | Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god. |
Bau | 23°00′N 48°42′W / 23.0°N 48.7°W | 80.2 | 1988 | Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. |
Bes | 25°30′S 180°54′W / 25.5°S 180.9°W | 61.0 | 1985 | Bes, Egyptian god of marriage. |
Chrysor | 15°18′N 134°18′W / 15.3°N 134.3°W | 6.9 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. |
Cisti | 31°42′S 64°12′W / 31.7°S 64.2°W | 69.6 | 1997 | Cisti, Iranian healing god. |
Damkina | 30°00′S 5°00′W / 30.0°S 5.0°W | 180.0 | 2006 | Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts. |
Danel | 4°18′S 21°18′W / 4.3°S 21.3°W | 55.2 | 1979 | Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. |
Dendera | 1°12′S 255°24′W / 1.2°S 255.4°W | 82.2 | 2000 | Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) |
Diment | 23°06′N 351°48′W / 23.1°N 351.8°W | 40.4 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. |
Ea | 17°42′N 148°42′W / 17.7°N 148.7°W | 19.1 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. |
El | 1°00′N 151°24′W / 1.0°N 151.4°W | 54.3 | 1997 | El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods. |
Enkidu | 11°36′N 168°24′W / 11.6°N 168.4°W | 5.0 | 1997 | Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh. |
Enlil | 26°36′S 325°12′W / 26.6°S 325.2°W | 121.1 | 1982 | Enlil, Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature. |
En-zu | 55°18′N 312°12′W / 55.3°N 312.2°W | 34.4 | 1979 | Enzu, Babylonian moon god. |
Epigeus | 23°24′N 180°36′W / 23.4°N 180.6°W | 343.0 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. |
Erichthonius | 15°18′S 175°18′W / 15.3°S 175.3°W | 30.5 | 1997 | Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede. |
Eshmun | 17°24′S 192°06′W / 17.4°S 192.1°W | 96.5 | 1979 | Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. |
Etana | 74°42′N 340°30′W / 74.7°N 340.5°W | 44.5 | 1979 | Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. |
Gad | 13°36′S 137°36′W / 13.6°S 137.6°W | 72.1 | 1985 | Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune. |
Geb | 56°18′N 182°36′W / 56.3°N 182.6°W | 60.0 | 1985 | Geb, Heliopolis Earth god. |
Geinos | 18°36′N 219°24′W / 18.6°N 219.4°W | 58.0 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. |
Gilgamesh | 62°48′S 125°00′W / 62.8°S 125.0°W | 153.0 | 1979 | Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died. |
Gir | 34°00′N 145°42′W / 34.0°N 145.7°W | 73.2 | 1985 | Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat. |
Gula | 64°06′N 12°18′W / 64.1°N 12.3°W | 38.0 | 1979 | Gula, Assyro-Babylonian; health god. |
Gushkin | 20°48′N 46°00′W / 20.8°N 46.0°W | 40.5 | 2016 | Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths. |
Halieus | 34°18′N 167°06′W / 34.3°N 167.1°W | 91.6 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. |
Hapi | 30°36′S 212°36′W / 30.6°S 212.6°W | 98.5 | 1988 | Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile. |
Harakhtes | 35°54′N 100°12′W / 35.9°N 100.2°W | 108.0 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. |
Haroeris | 28°30′N 296°48′W / 28.5°N 296.8°W | 70.0 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. |
Hathor | 66°54′S 268°36′W / 66.9°S 268.6°W | 173.0 | 1979 | Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love. |
Hay-tau | 14°30′N 133°06′W / 14.5°N 133.1°W | 26.9 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. |
Hedetet | 33°00′S 251°06′W / 33.0°S 251.1°W | 102.3 | 2000 | Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess. |
Hershef | 47°18′N 269°30′W / 47.3°N 269.5°W | 117.9 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. |
Humbaba | 55°12′S 67°18′W / 55.2°S 67.3°W | 35.0 | 2000 | Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. |
Ilah | 21°54′N 160°36′W / 21.9°N 160.6°W | 79.6 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god. |
Ilus | 13°24′S 110°18′W / 13.4°S 110.3°W | 90.0 | 1985 | Ilus, Ganymede's brother. |
Irkalla | 32°36′S 114°42′W / 32.6°S 114.7°W | 116.2 | 1985 | Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. |
Ishkur | 0°18′N 8°24′W / 0.3°N 8.4°W | 67.6 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. |
Isimu | 8°24′N 2°00′W / 8.4°N 2°W | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation. |
Isis | 67°18′S 201°06′W / 67.3°S 201.1°W | 75.3 | 1979 | Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. |
Kadi | 47°42′N 178°30′W / 47.7°N 178.5°W | 86.7 | 1985 | Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice. |
Keret | 16°00′N 35°12′W / 16.0°N 35.2°W | 36.0 | 1979 | Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. |
Khensu | 1°00′N 152°54′W / 1.0°N 152.9°W | 14.2 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. |
Khepri | 20°24′N 147°36′W / 20.4°N 147.6°W | 47.1 | 1997 | Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans. |
Khnum | 17°48′S 85°12′W / 17.8°S 85.2°W | 45.0 | Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | |
Khonsu | 37°30′S 190°48′W / 37.5°S 190.8°W | 80.0 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. |
Khumbam | 24°06′S 335°24′W / 24.1°S 335.4°W | 56.9 | 1979 | Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god. |
Kingu | 34°48′S 227°06′W / 34.8°S 227.1°W | 78.0 | 1988 | Kingu, Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. |
Kishar | 72°36′N 349°42′W / 72.6°N 349.7°W | 79.0 | 1979 | Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. |
Kittu | 0°24′N 334°36′W / 0.4°N 334.6°W | 15.0 | 1985 | Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice. |
Kulla | 33°18′N 113°48′W / 33.3°N 113.8°W | 92.4 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. |
Lagamal | 64°24′N 244°48′W / 64.4°N 244.8°W | 131.0 | 2000 | Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea. |
Latpon | 58°48′N 171°12′W / 58.8°N 171.2°W | 42.0 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. |
Lugalmeslam | 23°48′N 193°48′W / 23.8°N 193.8°W | 65.1 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. |
Lumha | 36°00′N 154°18′W / 36.0°N 154.3°W | 57.8 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. |
Maa | 1°18′N 203°36′W / 1.3°N 203.6°W | 31.7 | 1997 | Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight. |
Mehit | 29°00′N 164°24′W / 29.0°N 164.4°W | 47.2 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. |
Melkart | 9°54′S 186°12′W / 9.9°S 186.2°W | 105.0 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. |
Menhit | 36°30′S 140°30′W / 36.5°S 140.5°W | 140.0 | 2006 | Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess. |
Min | 29°12′N 1°12′W / 29.2°N 1.2°W | 33.1 | 1988 | Min, Egyptian fertility god. |
Mir | 3°18′S 230°18′W / 3.3°S 230.3°W | 8.0 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. |
Misharu | 4°24′S 335°54′W / 4.4°S 335.9°W | 88.0 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. |
Mont | 44°36′N 311°54′W / 44.6°N 311.9°W | 15.0 | 1997 | Mont, Theban war god. |
Mor | 30°30′N 327°24′W / 30.5°N 327.4°W | 41.3 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. |
Mot | 9°54′N 165°54′W / 9.9°N 165.9°W | 23.3 | 1997 | Mot, Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El. |
Mush | 15°06′S 114°48′W / 15.1°S 114.8°W | 99.3 | 1985 | Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent. |
Nabu | 45°24′S 1°12′W / 45.4°S 1.2°W | 40.0 | 1979 | Nabu, Sumerian god of intellectual activity. |
Nah-Hunte | 17°48′S 85°12′W / 17.8°S 85.2°W | 49.4 | 2000 | Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice. |
Namtar | 58°18′S 340°48′W / 58.3°S 340.8°W | 49.2 | 1979 | Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. |
Nanna | 17°36′S 241°54′W / 17.6°S 241.9°W | 56.0 | 1985 | Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. |
Nefertum | 44°18′N 321°06′W / 44.3°N 321.1°W | 28.7 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. |
Neheh | 72°06′N 62°30′W / 72.1°N 62.5°W | 54.0 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. |
Neith | 29°24′N 7°00′W / 29.4°N 7.0°W | 87.6 | 1988 | Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. |
Nergal | 38°36′N 200°18′W / 38.6°N 200.3°W | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. |
Nidaba | 17°42′N 123°12′W / 17.7°N 123.2°W | 199.4 | 1985 | Nidaba, Sumerian grain goddess. |
Nigirsu | 58°12′S 320°30′W / 58.2°S 320.5°W | 53.3 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god. |
Ningishzida | 14°06′N 189°48′W / 14.1°N 189.8°W | 32.0 | 1997 | Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god. |
Ninkasi | 59°12′N 48°42′W / 59.2°N 48.7°W | 81.0 | 1988 | Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing. |
Ninki | 8°12′S 120°30′W / 8.2°S 120.5°W | 194.2 | 1985 | Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water. |
Ninlil | 6°12′N 118°18′W / 6.2°N 118.3°W | 90.8 | 1985 | Ninlil, Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort. |
Ninsum | 14°30′S 140°36′W / 14.5°S 140.6°W | 88.2 | 1985 | Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother. |
Nut | 54°18′S 269°18′W / 54.3°S 269.3°W | 93.0 | 1979 | Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky. |
Osiris | 38°06′S 166°24′W / 38.1°S 166.4°W | 107.7 | 1979 | Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead. |
Ptah | 65°54′S 217°00′W / 65.9°S 217.0°W | 30.2 | 1988 | Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. |
Punt | 24°54′S 239°54′W / 24.9°S 239.9°W | 135.0 | 1997 | Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. |
Ruti | 13°12′N 308°36′W / 13.2°N 308.6°W | 16.0 | 1979 | Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god. |
Saltu | 14°12′S 352°42′W / 14.2°S 352.7°W | 40.0 | 2006 | Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility. |
Sapas | 57°24′N 33°54′W / 57.4°N 33.9°W | 56.0 | 1979 | Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods. |
Sati | 30°54′N 12°48′W / 30.9°N 12.8°W | 94.7 | 1988 | Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. |
Sebek | 61°12′N 356°54′W / 61.2°N 356.9°W | 65.0 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. |
Seima | 17°06′N 215°54′W / 17.1°N 215.9°W | 38.0 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. |
Seker | 39°12′S 345°30′W / 39.2°S 345.5°W | 103.4 | 1988 | Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. |
Selket | 15°00′N 105°48′W / 15.0°N 105.8°W | 172.3 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. |
Serapis | 12°30′S 44°06′W / 12.5°S 44.1°W | 169.3 | 1997 | Serapis, Egyptian healing god. |
Shu | 43°12′N 356°48′W / 43.2°N 356.8°W | 44.1 | 1988 | Shu, Egyptian god of air. |
Sin | 52°54′N 357°30′W / 52.9°N 357.5°W | 19.0 | 1979 | Sin, Babylonian moon god. |
Tammuz | 13°24′N 230°36′W / 13.4°N 230.6°W | 51.0 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. |
Tanit | 57°30′N 36°36′W / 57.5°N 36.6°W | 26.0 | 1979 | Tanit, Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son. |
Tashmetum | 39°42′S 264°30′W / 39.7°S 264.5°W | 135.0 | 2000 | Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess. |
Ta-urt | 27°36′N 304°06′W / 27.6°N 304.1°W | 94.4 | 1988 | Taurt, Assyro-Babylonian goddess who invented writing with her husband Nabu. |
Teshub | 68°30′S 279°36′W / 68.5°S 279.6°W | 188.0 | 1994 | Teshub, Elamite god of the tempest. |
Thoth | 43°18′S 147°12′W / 43.3°S 147.2°W | 102.5 | 1985 | Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. |
Tros | 11°06′N 27°18′W / 11.1°N 27.3°W | 93.9 | 1979 | Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede. |
Upuant | 46°24′N 319°30′W / 46.4°N 319.5°W | 16.5 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. |
Wadjet | 53°48′S 268°54′W / 53.8°S 268.9°W | 100.0 | 2000 | Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. |
We-ila | 12°24′S 290°18′W / 12.4°S 290.3°W | 36.3 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. |
Wepwawet | 69°54′S 59°48′W / 69.9°S 59.8°W | 87.0 | 2000 | Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. |
Zakar | 31°12′N 333°42′W / 31.2°N 333.7°W | 170.0 | 1997 | Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity. |
Zaqar | 58°12′N 37°18′W / 58.2°N 37.3°W | 33.0 | 1979 | Zaqar, Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men. |
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