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	Year named	Named after
Achelous		40.0	1979	Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother.
Adad		39.0	1979	Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder.
Adapa		56.0	1979	Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life.
Agreus		63.0	1985	Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre.
Agrotes		74.0	1985	Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god.
Aleyin		12.4	1997	Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs.
Ammura		61.5	1979	Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west.
Amon		101.8	1985	Amon, Theban king of gods.
Amset		10.9	1997	Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus.
Anat		2.9	1985	Anat, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of dew. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede.
Andjeti		52.5	1985	Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus.
Anhur		25.0	1997	Anhur, Egyptian warrior god.
Antum		14.7	1985	Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu.
Anu		55.0	1979	Anu, Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens.
Anubis		113.8	1988	Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead.
Anzu		205.0	2000	Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird.
Apophis		65.0	2000	Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence.
Ashîma		84.2	1985	Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate.
Asshur		25.6	1979	Asshur, Assyro-Babylonian warrior god.
Atra-hasis		125.0	2000	Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood.
Aya		38.0	1979	Aya, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash.
Ba'al		43.2	1979	Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god.
Bau		80.2	1988	Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash.
Bes		61.0	1985	Bes, Egyptian god of marriage.
Chrysor		6.9	1997	Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail.
Cisti		69.6	1997	Cisti, Iranian healing god.
Damkina		180.0	2006	Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts.
Danel		55.2	1979	Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination.
Dendera		82.2	2000	Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.)
Diment		40.4	1979	Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead.
Ea		19.1	1997	Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth.
El		54.3	1997	El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods.
Enkidu		5.0	1997	Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh.
Enlil		121.1	1982	Enlil, Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature.
En-zu		34.4	1979	Enzu, Babylonian moon god.
Epigeus		343.0	1997	Epigeus, Phoenician god.
Erichthonius		30.5	1997	Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede.
Eshmun		96.5	1979	Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon.
Etana		44.5	1979	Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir.
Gad		72.1	1985	Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune.
Geb		60.0	1985	Geb, Heliopolis Earth god.
Geinos		58.0	1985	Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making.
Gilgamesh		153.0	1979	Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died.
Gir		73.2	1985	Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat.
Gula		38.0	1979	Gula, Assyro-Babylonian; health god.
Halieus		91.6	1985	Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god.
Hapi		98.5	1988	Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile.
Harakhtes		108.0	2000	Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun.
Haroeris		70.0	2000	Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus.
Hathor		173.0	1979	Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love.
Hay-tau		26.9	1997	Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation.
Hedetet		102.3	2000	Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess.
Hershef		117.9	2000	Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god.
Humbaba		35.0	2000	Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests.
Ilah		79.6	1985	Ilah, First Sumerian sky god.
Ilus		90.0	1985	Ilus, Ganymede's brother.
Irkalla		116.2	1985	Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream.
Ishkur		67.6	1985	Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain.
Isimu		89.5	1985	Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation.
Isis		75.3	1979	Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris.
Kadi		86.7	1985	Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice.
Keret		36.0	1979	Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery.
Khensu		14.2	1997	Khensu, Egyptian moon god.
Khepri		47.1	1997	Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans.
Khnum		45.0		Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena.
Khonsu		80.0	1988	Khonsu, Egyptian moon god.
Khumbam		56.9	1979	Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god.
Kingu		78.0	1988	Kingu, Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man.
Kishar		79.0	1979	Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess.
Kittu		15.0	1985	Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice.
Kulla		92.4	1985	Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making.
Lagamal		131.0	2000	Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea.
Latpon		42.0	1997	Latpon, One of the sons of El.
Lugalmeslam		65.1	1997	Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld.
Lumha		57.8	1985	Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest.
Maa		31.7	1997	Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight.
Mehit		47.2	1985	Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife.
Melkart		105.0	1979	Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre.
Menhit		140.0	2006	Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess.
Min		33.1	1988	Min, Egyptian fertility god.
Mir		8.0	1985	Mir, West Semitic god of wind.
Misharu		88.0	1985	Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law.
Mont		15.0	1997	Mont, Theban war god.
Mor		41.3	1979	Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest.
Mot		23.3	1997	Mot, Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El.
Mush		99.3	1985	Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent.
Nabu		40.0	1979	Nabu, Sumerian god of intellectual activity.
Nah-Hunte		49.4	2000	Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice.
Namtar		49.2	1979	Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon.
Nanna		56.0	1985	Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom.
Nefertum		28.7	1997	Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah.
Neheh		54.0	1985	Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity.
Neith		87.6	1988	Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts.
Nergal		9.6	1997	Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld.
Nidaba		199.4	1985	Nidaba, Sumerian grain goddess.
Nigirsu		53.3	1979	Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god.
Ningishzida		32.0	1997	Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god.
Ninkasi		81.0	1988	Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing.
Ninki		194.2	1985	Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water.
Ninlil		90.8	1985	Ninlil, Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort.
Ninsum		88.2	1985	Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother.
Nut		93.0	1979	Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky.
Osiris		107.7	1979	Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead.
Ptah		30.2	1988	Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans.
Punt		135.0	1997	Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula.
Ruti		16.0	1979	Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god.
Saltu		40.0	2006	Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility.
Sapas		56.0	1979	Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods.
Sati		94.7	1988	Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts.
Sebek		65.0	1979	Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god.
Seima		38.0	1985	Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans.
Seker		103.4	1988	Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis.
Selket		172.3	1985	Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead.
Serapis		169.3	1997	Serapis, Egyptian healing god.
Shu		44.1	1988	Shu, Egyptian god of air.
Sin		19.0	1979	Sin, Babylonian moon god.
Tammuz		51.0	1985	Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess.
Tanit		26.0	1979	Tanit, Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son.
Tashmetum		135.0	2000	Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess.
Ta-urt		94.4	1988	Taurt, Assyro-Babylonian goddess who invented writing with her husband Nabu.
Teshub		188.0	1994	Teshub, Elamite god of the tempest.
Thoth		102.5	1985	Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences.
Tros		93.9	1979	Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede.
Upuant		16.5	1997	Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead.
Wadjet		100.0	2000	Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut.
We-ila		36.3	2000	We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created.
Wepwawet		87.0	2000	Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity.
Zakar		170.0	1997	Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity.
Zaqar		33.0	1979	Zaqar, Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men.

External links

• USGS: Ganymede nomenclature
• USGS: Ganymede Nomenclature: Craters