Liste des cratères de Ganymède
Ganymède du système jovien est le plus grand satellite naturel dans le système solaire. Il a de nombreux cratères couvrant sa surface. Voici une liste des cratères nommés de Ganymède. La plupart sont nommés d'après des figures égyptiennes, mésopotamiennes ou d'autres mythes du Moyen-Orient ancien.
Liste des cratères sur Ganymède
| Nom | Coordonnées | Diamètre (km) | Année de nommage | Éponyme |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achéloos | 61,8° N, 11,7° O | 40.0 | 1979 | Achéloos, dieu fleuve grec, père de Callirrhoé, la mère de Ganymède |
| Adad | 57,5° N, 358,1° O | 39.0 | 1979 | Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. |
| Adapa | 73,1° N, 31,3° O | 56.0 | 1979 | Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. |
| Agreus | 15,9° N, 232,7° O | 63.0 | 1985 | Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre. |
| Agrotes | 60,9° N, 192,5° O | 74.0 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. |
| Aleyin | 15,1° N, 134,1° O | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs. |
| Ammura | 31,7° N, 342,4° O | 61.5 | 1979 | Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west. |
| Amon | 33,7° N, 220,7° O | 101.8 | 1985 | Amon, Theban king of gods. |
| Amset | 14,4° S, 178,8° O | 10.9 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. |
| Anat | 4,1° S, 127,9° O | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat, déesse assyro-babylonienne de la rosée. |
| Andjeti | 52,8° S, 161,1° O | 52.5 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. |
| Anhur | 32,6° N, 192,3° O | 25.0 | 1997 | Anhur, Egyptian warrior god. |
| Antum | 5,1° N, 218,9° O | 14.7 | 1985 | Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu. |
| Anu | 65,2° N, 344,3° O | 55.0 | 1979 | Anu, Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens. |
| Anubis | 84,2° S, 128,9° O | 113.8 | 1988 | Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. |
| Anzu | 63,5° N, 62,5° O | 205.0 | 2000 | Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. |
| Apophis | 8° S, 276° O | 65.0 | 2000 | Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. |
| Ashîma | 39,1° S, 123° O | 84.2 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. |
| Asshur | 54,2° N, 333,5° O | 25.6 | 1979 | Asshur, Assyro-Babylonian warrior god. |
| Atra-hasis | 22,5° N, 254,2° O | 125.0 | 2000 | Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. |
| Aya | 68,3° N, 322,2° O | 38.0 | 1979 | Aya, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash. |
| Ba'al | 24,9° N, 329,9° O | 43.2 | 1979 | Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god. |
| Bau | 23° N, 48,7° O | 80.2 | 1988 | Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. |
| Bes | 25,5° S, 180,9° O | 61.0 | 1985 | Bes, Egyptian god of marriage. |
| Chrysor | 15,3° N, 134,3° O | 6.9 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. |
| Cisti | 31,7° S, 64,2° O | 69.6 | 1997 | Cisti, Iranian healing god. |
| Damkina | 30° S, 5° O | 180.0 | 2006 | Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts. |
| Danel | 4,3° S, 21,3° O | 55.2 | 1979 | Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. |
| Dendera | 1,2° S, 255,4° O | 82.2 | 2000 | Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) |
| Diment | 23,1° N, 351,8° O | 40.4 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. |
| Ea | 17,7° N, 148,7° O | 19.1 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. |
| El | 1° N, 151,4° O | 54.3 | 1997 | El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods. |
| Enkidu | 11,6° N, 168,4° O | 5.0 | 1997 | Enkidu, ami de Gilgamesh. |
| Enlil | 26,6° S, 325,2° O | 121.1 | 1982 | Enlil, Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature. |
| En-zu | 55,3° N, 312,2° O | 34.4 | 1979 | Enzu, Babylonian moon god. |
| Epigeus | 23,4° N, 180,6° O | 343.0 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. |
| Erichthonius | 15,3° S, 175,3° O | 30.5 | 1997 | Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede. |
| Eshmun | 17,4° S, 192,1° O | 96.5 | 1979 | Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. |
| Etana | 74,7° N, 340,5° O | 44.5 | 1979 | Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. |
| Gad | 13,6° S, 137,6° O | 72.1 | 1985 | Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune. |
| Geb | 56,3° N, 182,6° O | 60.0 | 1985 | Geb, Heliopolis Earth god. |
| Geinos | 18,6° N, 219,4° O | 58.0 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. |
| Gilgamesh | 62,8° S, 125° O | 153.0 | 1979 | Gilgamesh, personnage légendaire assyro-babylonien qui chercha l'immortalité après la mort d'Enkidu |
| Gir | 34° N, 145,7° O | 73.2 | 1985 | Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat. |
| Gula | 64,1° N, 12,3° O | 38.0 | 1979 | Gula, déesse assyro-babylonienne de la guérison |
| Gushkin | 20,8° N, 46° O | 40.5 | 2016 | Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths. |
| Halieus | 34,3° N, 167,1° O | 91.6 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. |
| Hapi | 30,6° S, 212,6° O | 98.5 | 1988 | Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile. |
| Harakhtes | 35,9° N, 100,2° O | 108.0 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. |
| Haroeris | 28,5° N, 296,8° O | 70.0 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. |
| Hathor | 66,9° S, 268,6° O | 173.0 | 1979 | Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love. |
| Hay-tau | 14,5° N, 133,1° O | 26.9 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. |
| Hedetet | 33° S, 251,1° O | 102.3 | 2000 | Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess. |
| Hershef | 47,3° N, 269,5° O | 117.9 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. |
| Humbaba | 55,2° S, 67,3° O | 35.0 | 2000 | Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. |
| Ilah | 21,9° N, 160,6° O | 79.6 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god. |
| Ilos | 13,4° S, 110,3° O | 90.0 | 1985 | Ilos, frère de Ganymède |
| Irkalla | 32,6° S, 114,7° O | 116.2 | 1985 | Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. |
| Ishkur | 0,3° N, 8,4° O | 67.6 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. |
| Isimu | 8,4° N, 2° O | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation. |
| Isis | 67,3° S, 201,1° O | 75.3 | 1979 | Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. |
| Kadi | 47,7° N, 178,5° O | 86.7 | 1985 | Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice. |
| Keret | 16° N, 35,2° O | 36.0 | 1979 | Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. |
| Khensu | 1° N, 152,9° O | 14.2 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. |
| Khepri | 20,4° N, 147,6° O | 47.1 | 1997 | Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans. |
| Khnum | 17,8° S, 85,2° O | 45.0 | Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | |
| Khonsu | 37,5° S, 190,8° O | 80.0 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. |
| Khumbam | 24,1° S, 335,4° O | 56.9 | 1979 | Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god. |
| Kingu | 34,8° S, 227,1° O | 78.0 | 1988 | Kingu, Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. |
| Kishar | 72,6° N, 349,7° O | 79.0 | 1979 | Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. |
| Kittu | 0,4° N, 334,6° O | 15.0 | 1985 | Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice. |
| Kulla | 33,3° N, 113,8° O | 92.4 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. |
| Lagamal | 64,4° N, 244,8° O | 131.0 | 2000 | Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea. |
| Latpon | 58,8° N, 171,2° O | 42.0 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. |
| Lugalmeslam | 23,8° N, 193,8° O | 65.1 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. |
| Lumha | 36° N, 154,3° O | 57.8 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. |
| Maa | 1,3° N, 203,6° O | 31.7 | 1997 | Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight. |
| Mehit | 29° N, 164,4° O | 47.2 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. |
| Melkart | 9,9° S, 186,2° O | 105.0 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. |
| Menhit | 36,5° S, 140,5° O | 140.0 | 2006 | Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess. |
| Min | 29,2° N, 1,2° O | 33.1 | 1988 | Min, Egyptian fertility god. |
| Mir | 3,3° S, 230,3° O | 8.0 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. |
| Misharu | 4,4° S, 335,9° O | 88.0 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. |
| Mont | 44,6° N, 311,9° O | 15.0 | 1997 | Mont, Theban war god. |
| Mor | 30,5° N, 327,4° O | 41.3 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. |
| Mot | 9,9° N, 165,9° O | 23.3 | 1997 | Mot, Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El. |
| Mush | 15,1° S, 114,8° O | 99.3 | 1985 | Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent. |
| Nabu | 45,4° S, 1,2° O | 40.0 | 1979 | Nabu, Sumerian god of intellectual activity. |
| Nah-Hunte | 17,8° S, 85,2° O | 49.4 | 2000 | Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice. |
| Namtar | 58,3° S, 340,8° O | 49.2 | 1979 | Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. |
| Nanna | 17,6° S, 241,9° O | 56.0 | 1985 | Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. |
| Nefertum | 44,3° N, 321,1° O | 28.7 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. |
| Neheh | 72,1° N, 62,5° O | 54.0 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. |
| Neith | 29,4° N, 7° O | 87.6 | 1988 | Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. |
| Nergal | 38,6° N, 200,3° O | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. |
| Nidaba | 17,7° N, 123,2° O | 199.4 | 1985 | Nidaba, déesse sumérienne du grain |
| Nigirsu | 58,2° S, 320,5° O | 53.3 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god. |
| Ningishzida | 14,1° N, 189,8° O | 32.0 | 1997 | Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god. |
| Ninkasi | 59,2° N, 48,7° O | 81.0 | 1988 | Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing. |
| Ninki | 8,2° S, 120,5° O | 194.2 | 1985 | Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water. |
| Ninlil | 6,2° N, 118,3° O | 90.8 | 1985 | Ninlil, Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort. |
| Ninsum | 14,5° S, 140,6° O | 88.2 | 1985 | Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother. |
| Nut | 54,3° S, 269,3° O | 93.0 | 1979 | Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky. |
| Osiris | 38,1° S, 166,4° O | 107.7 | 1979 | Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead. |
| Ptah | 65,9° S, 217° O | 30.2 | 1988 | Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. |
| Punt | 24,9° S, 239,9° O | 135.0 | 1997 | Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. |
| Ruti | 13,2° N, 308,6° O | 16.0 | 1979 | Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god. |
| Saltu | 14,2° S, 352,7° O | 40.0 | 2006 | Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility. |
| Sapas | 57,4° N, 33,9° O | 56.0 | 1979 | Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods. |
| Sati | 30,9° N, 12,8° O | 94.7 | 1988 | Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. |
| Sebek | 61,2° N, 356,9° O | 65.0 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. |
| Seima | 17,1° N, 215,9° O | 38.0 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. |
| Seker | 39,2° S, 345,5° O | 103.4 | 1988 | Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. |
| Selket | 15° N, 105,8° O | 172.3 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. |
| Serapis | 12,5° S, 44,1° O | 169.3 | 1997 | Serapis, Egyptian healing god. |
| Shu | 43,2° N, 356,8° O | 44.1 | 1988 | Shu, Egyptian god of air. |
| Sin | 52,9° N, 357,5° O | 19.0 | 1979 | Sin, Babylonian moon god. |
| Tammuz | 13,4° N, 230,6° O | 51.0 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. |
| Tanit | 57,5° N, 36,6° O | 26.0 | 1979 | Tanit, Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son. |
| Tashmetum | 39,7° S, 264,5° O | 135.0 | 2000 | Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess. |
| Ta-urt | 27,6° N, 304,1° O | 94.4 | 1988 | Taurt, Assyro-Babylonian goddess who invented writing with her husband Nabu. |
| Teshub | 68,5° S, 279,6° O | 188.0 | 1994 | Teshub, Elamite god of the tempest. |
| Thoth | 43,3° S, 147,2° O | 102.5 | 1985 | Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. |
| Tros | 11,1° N, 27,3° O | 93.9 | 1979 | Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede. |
| Upuant | 46,4° N, 319,5° O | 16.5 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. |
| Wadjet | 53,8° S, 268,9° O | 100.0 | 2000 | Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. |
| We-ila | 12,4° S, 290,3° O | 36.3 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. |
| Wepwawet | 69,9° S, 59,8° O | 87.0 | 2000 | Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. |
| Zakar | 31,2° N, 333,7° O | 170.0 | 1997 | Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity. |
| Zaqar | 58,2° N, 37,3° O | 33.0 | 1979 | Zaqar, Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men. |
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