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Ganymede is the largest moon in the Solar System, and has a hard surface with many craters. Most of them are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths, [1] Others are named after relatives of the mythological Trojan prince Ganymede from Greek mythology.
| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achelous | 61°54′N11°47′W / 61.9°N 11.78°W | 40 | 1979 | Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother. | WGPSN |
| Adad | 57°26′N1°59′E / 57.43°N 1.98°E | 39 | 1979 | Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. | WGPSN |
| Adapa | 73°05′N31°19′W / 73.08°N 31.32°W | 57 | 1979 | Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. | WGPSN |
| Agreus | 15°52′N127°18′E / 15.87°N 127.3°E | 63 | 1985 | Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre. | WGPSN |
| Agrotes | 60°56′N167°23′E / 60.93°N 167.38°E | 74 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. | WGPSN |
| Aleyin | 15°08′N134°05′W / 15.14°N 134.08°W | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Baʽal, spirit of springs. | WGPSN |
| Ammura | 31°46′N17°39′E / 31.76°N 17.65°E | 61.5 | 1979 | Ammura, Phoenician; god of the west. | WGPSN |
| Amon | 33°41′N139°23′E / 33.69°N 139.39°E | 102 | 1985 | Amon, Theban king of gods. | WGPSN |
| Amset | 14°25′S178°45′W / 14.41°S 178.75°W | 11 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. | WGPSN |
| Anat | 4°06′S128°00′W / 4.1°S 128°W | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat, Assyro-Babylonian goddess of dew. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede. | WGPSN |
| Andjeti | 52°45′S161°06′W / 52.75°S 161.1°W | 52 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. | WGPSN |
| Anhur | 32°38′N167°41′E / 32.63°N 167.68°E | 25 | 1997 | Anhur, Egyptian warrior god. | WGPSN |
| Antum | 5°05′N141°04′E / 5.09°N 141.06°E | 14.75 | 1985 | Antum, Babylonian; wife of Anu. | WGPSN |
| Anu | 65°14′N15°45′E / 65.24°N 15.75°E | 55 | 1979 | Anu, Sumerian-Akkadian god of power, of heavens. | WGPSN |
| Anubis | 84°26′S128°40′W / 84.44°S 128.66°W | 114 | 1988 | Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. | WGPSN |
| Anzu | 63°31′N62°44′W / 63.51°N 62.73°W | 210 | 2000 | Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. | WGPSN |
| Apophis | 8°07′S83°50′E / 8.12°S 83.84°E | 57 | 2000 | Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. | WGPSN |
| Ashîma | 39°03′S122°59′W / 39.05°S 122.98°W | 84 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. | WGPSN |
| Asshur | 54°10′N26°31′E / 54.16°N 26.52°E | 25.5 | 1979 | Asshur, Assyro-Babylonian warrior god. | WGPSN |
| Atra-hasis | 22°32′N105°53′E / 22.54°N 105.89°E | 133 | 2000 | Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. | WGPSN |
| Aya | 68°20′N37°59′E / 68.34°N 37.98°E | 38 | 1979 | Aya, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Shamash. | WGPSN |
| Baʽal | 24°55′N30°02′E / 24.92°N 30.03°E | 43 | 1979 | Baʽal, Phoenician; Canaanite god. | WGPSN |
| Bau | 23°03′N48°40′W / 23.05°N 48.67°W | 77 | 1988 | Bau, Goddess who breathed into men the breath of life; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. | WGPSN |
| Bes | 25°29′S179°02′E / 25.48°S 179.04°E | 63 | 1985 | Bes, Egyptian god of marriage. | WGPSN |
| Chrysor | 15°18′N134°20′W / 15.3°N 134.34°W | 7 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. | WGPSN |
| Cisti | 31°36′S64°14′W / 31.6°S 64.23°W | 70 | 1997 | Cisti, Iranian healing god. | WGPSN |
| Damkina | 30°10′S4°53′W / 30.17°S 4.88°W | 190 | 2006 | Damkina, Babylonian sky and health deity, queen of the gods, and mother of Marduk in some accounts. | WGPSN |
| Danel | 4°20′S21°18′W / 4.33°S 21.3°W | 56 | 1979 | Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. | WGPSN |
| Dendera | 1°07′S104°32′E / 1.12°S 104.54°E | 82 | 2000 | Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) | WGPSN |
| Diment | 23°08′N8°14′E / 23.14°N 8.23°E | 40 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. | WGPSN |
| Ea | 17°43′N148°44′W / 17.72°N 148.73°W | 20 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. | WGPSN |
| El | 1°01′N151°22′W / 1.01°N 151.36°W | 55 | 1997 | El, "Father of Men", existed before the birth of gods. | WGPSN |
| Enkidu | 26°37′S34°52′E / 26.61°S 34.87°E | 122 | 1982 | Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh. | WGPSN |
| Enlil | 55°22′N47°54′E / 55.36°N 47.9°E | 34.6 | 1979 | Enlil, Assyro-Babylonian; nature god of the air, hurricanes, and nature. | WGPSN |
| En-zu | 11°35′N168°24′W / 11.59°N 168.4°W | 5 | 1997 | Enzu, Babylonian moon god. | WGPSN |
| Epigeus | 22°58′N179°21′E / 22.96°N 179.35°E | 343 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. | WGPSN |
| Erichthonius | 15°19′S175°16′W / 15.32°S 175.26°W | 31 | 1997 | Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
| Eshmun | 17°27′S167°53′E / 17.45°S 167.88°E | 98 | 1979 | Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. | WGPSN |
| Etana | 74°44′N19°39′E / 74.74°N 19.65°E | 46 | 1979 | Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. | WGPSN |
| Gad | 13°34′S137°34′W / 13.56°S 137.56°W | 72 | 1985 | Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune. | WGPSN |
| Geb | 56°25′N177°21′E / 56.41°N 177.35°E | 60 | 1985 | Geb, Heliopolis Earth god. | WGPSN |
| Geinos | 18°38′N140°34′E / 18.64°N 140.56°E | 56 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. | WGPSN |
| Gilgamesh | 62°50′S124°50′W / 62.84°S 124.83°W | 153 | 1979 | Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died. | WGPSN |
| Gir | 34°03′N145°45′W / 34.05°N 145.75°W | 73 | 1985 | Gir, Sumerian god of summer heat. | WGPSN |
| Gula | 64°09′N12°18′W / 64.15°N 12.3°W | 38 | 1979 | Gula, Assyro-Babylonian; medicine goddess. | WGPSN |
| Gushkin | 20°45′N45°59′W / 20.75°N 45.98°W | 40.5 | 2016 | Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths. | WGPSN |
| Halieus | 34°27′N167°08′W / 34.45°N 167.14°W | 90 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. | WGPSN |
| Hapi | 30°34′S147°20′E / 30.57°S 147.34°E | 96 | 1988 | Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile. | WGPSN |
| Harakhtes | 35°57′N100°16′W / 35.95°N 100.26°W | 108 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. | WGPSN |
| Haroeris | 28°32′N63°11′E / 28.53°N 63.18°E | 70 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. | WGPSN |
| Hathor | 66°54′S91°16′E / 66.9°S 91.26°E | 173 | 1979 | Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love. | WGPSN |
| Hay-tau | 14°26′N133°08′W / 14.44°N 133.13°W | 27 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. | WGPSN |
| Hedetet | 32°55′S108°59′E / 32.91°S 108.99°E | 106 | 2000 | Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess. | WGPSN |
| Hershef | 47°23′N90°37′E / 47.39°N 90.62°E | 120 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. | WGPSN |
| Humbaba | 55°09′S67°19′W / 55.15°S 67.31°W | 40 | 2000 | Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. | WGPSN |
| Ilah | 22°00′N160°37′W / 22°N 160.62°W | 76 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god. | WGPSN |
| Ilus | 13°28′S110°26′W / 13.46°S 110.43°W | 90 | 1985 | Ilus, Ganymede's brother. | WGPSN |
| Irkalla | 32°31′S114°50′W / 32.52°S 114.84°W | 117 | 1985 | Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. | WGPSN |
| Ishkur | 0°22′N8°22′W / 0.37°N 8.37°W | 67 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. | WGPSN |
| Isimu | 8°30′N8°22′W / 8.5°N 8.37°W | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimu, Sumerian god of vegetation. | WGPSN |
| Isis | 67°17′S158°48′E / 67.28°S 158.8°E | 75 | 1979 | Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. | WGPSN |
| Kadi | 47°41′N178°30′W / 47.68°N 178.5°W | 87 | 1985 | Kadi, Babylonian goddess of justice. | WGPSN |
| Khensu | 1°01′N152°56′W / 1.02°N 152.93°W | 17 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
| Khepri | 20°25′N147°34′W / 20.41°N 147.56°W | 47 | 1997 | Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans. | WGPSN |
| Khonsu | 37°31′S169°10′E / 37.51°S 169.17°E | 80 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
| Khumbam | 24°06′S24°39′E / 24.1°S 24.65°E | 57 | 1979 | Khumbam, Assyro-Babylonian; Elamite creator god. | WGPSN |
| Kingu | 34°40′S132°58′E / 34.66°S 132.97°E | 78 | 1988 | Kingu, Assyro-Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. | WGPSN |
| Kishar | 72°42′N10°32′E / 72.7°N 10.54°E | 78 | 1979 | Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. | WGPSN |
| Kittu | 0°24′N25°24′E / 0.4°N 25.4°E | 15 | 1985 | Kittu, Assyro-Babylonian god of justice. | WGPSN |
| Kulla | 33°13′N113°52′W / 33.22°N 113.87°W | 93 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. | WGPSN |
| Lagamal | 64°18′N115°47′E / 64.3°N 115.79°E | 131 | 2000 | Lagamal, Son of Babylonian god Ea. | WGPSN |
| Laomedon /leɪˈɒmədɒn/ | 20°54′N77°54′W / 20.9°N 77.9°W | 64 | 2019 | Laomedon, king of Troy, nephew of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
| Latpon | 58°44′N171°13′W / 58.74°N 171.21°W | 43 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. | WGPSN |
| Lugalmeslam | 23°43′N166°07′E / 23.72°N 166.11°E | 64 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. | WGPSN |
| Lumha | 36°01′N154°14′W / 36.01°N 154.23°W | 58 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. | WGPSN |
| Maa | 1°18′N156°22′E / 1.3°N 156.37°E | 31 | 1997 | Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight. | WGPSN |
| Mehit | 28°57′N164°23′W / 28.95°N 164.39°W | 47 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. | WGPSN |
| Melkart | 9°52′S173°56′E / 9.86°S 173.93°E | 105 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. | WGPSN |
| Menhit | 36°19′S140°19′W / 36.31°S 140.32°W | 140 | 2006 | Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess. | WGPSN |
| Min | 29°14′N1°16′W / 29.23°N 1.26°W | 33 | 1988 | Min, Egyptian fertility god. | WGPSN |
| Mir | 3°18′S129°42′E / 3.3°S 129.7°E | 8 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. | WGPSN |
| Misharu | 4°19′S24°07′E / 4.31°S 24.11°E | 88 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. | WGPSN |
| Mont | 44°37′N48°03′E / 44.62°N 48.05°E | 15 | 1997 | Mont, Theban war god. | WGPSN |
| Mor | 30°33′N32°39′E / 30.55°N 32.65°E | 41 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. | WGPSN |
| Mot | 9°56′N165°57′W / 9.93°N 165.95°W | 23 | 1997 | Mot, Spirit of the harvest, one of the sons of El. | WGPSN |
| Mush | 15°07′S114°46′W / 15.12°S 114.77°W | 99 | 1985 | Mush, Sumerian male deity; upper parts are human, lower parts a serpent. | WGPSN |
| Nabu | 45°23′S1°11′W / 45.39°S 1.19°W | 40 | 1979 | Nabu, Sumerian god of intellectual activity. | WGPSN |
| Nah-Hunte | 17°46′S85°16′W / 17.76°S 85.26°W | 47 | 2000 | Nah-Hunte, Elamite god of light and justice. | WGPSN |
| Namtar | 58°20′S19°18′E / 58.34°S 19.3°E | 50 | 1979 | Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. | WGPSN |
| Nanna | 17°37′S118°08′E / 17.61°S 118.13°E | 56 | 1985 | Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. | WGPSN |
| Nefertum | 44°21′N38°58′E / 44.35°N 38.96°E | 29 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. | WGPSN |
| Neheh | 72°08′N62°40′W / 72.13°N 62.66°W | 54 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. | WGPSN |
| Neith | 29°27′N6°58′W / 29.45°N 6.97°W | 90 | 1988 | Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. | WGPSN |
| Nergal | 38°35′N159°40′E / 38.58°N 159.67°E | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. | WGPSN |
| Nidaba | 17°45′N123°26′W / 17.75°N 123.43°W | 199 | 1985 | Nidaba, Sumerian grain goddess. | WGPSN |
| Nigirsu | 58°16′S39°26′E / 58.26°S 39.43°E | 53 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Assyro-Babylonian; god of the fields, war god. | WGPSN |
| Ningishzida | 14°07′N170°10′E / 14.11°N 170.16°E | 32 | 1997 | Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god. | WGPSN |
| Ninkasi | 59°13′N48°51′W / 59.21°N 48.85°W | 81 | 1988 | Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing. | WGPSN |
| Ninki | 8°22′S120°47′W / 8.37°S 120.79°W | 194 | 1985 | Ninki, Consort to Ea, Babylonian god of water. | WGPSN |
| Ninlil | 6°16′N118°19′W / 6.27°N 118.32°W | 91 | 1985 | Ninlil, Chief Assyrian goddess; Asshur's consort. | WGPSN |
| Ninsum | 14°21′S140°33′W / 14.35°S 140.55°W | 88 | 1985 | Ninsum, Minor Babylonian goddess of wisdom; Gilgamesh's mother. | WGPSN |
| Nut | 54°13′S90°48′E / 54.21°S 90.8°E | 90 | 1979 | Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky. | WGPSN |
| Osiris | 38°00′S166°19′W / 38°S 166.31°W | 107 | 1979 | Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead. | WGPSN |
| Ptah | 65°54′S142°57′E / 65.9°S 142.95°E | 30 | 1988 | Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. | WGPSN |
| Punt | 24°53′S120°09′E / 24.89°S 120.15°E | 135 | 1997 | Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. | WGPSN |
| Ruti | 13°14′N51°21′E / 13.23°N 51.35°E | 16 | 1979 | Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god. | WGPSN |
| Saltu | 14°09′S7°14′E / 14.15°S 7.23°E | 40 | 2006 | Saltu, Babylonian goddess of discord and hostility. | WGPSN |
| Sapas | 57°27′N33°59′W / 57.45°N 33.99°W | 56 | 1979 | Shapash, Assyro-Babylonian; torch of the gods. | WGPSN |
| Sati | 30°50′N12°48′W / 30.84°N 12.8°W | 95 | 1988 | Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. | WGPSN |
| Sebek | 61°15′N3°13′E / 61.25°N 3.22°E | 61 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. | WGPSN |
| Seima | 17°05′N144°02′E / 17.09°N 144.03°E | 38 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. | WGPSN |
| Seker | 39°10′S14°37′E / 39.16°S 14.62°E | 103 | 1988 | Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. | WGPSN |
| Selket | 15°02′N105°42′W / 15.03°N 105.7°W | 168 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. | WGPSN |
| Serapis | 12°24′S44°07′W / 12.4°S 44.11°W | 169 | 1997 | Serapis, Egyptian healing god. | WGPSN |
| Shu | 43°10′N3°10′E / 43.16°N 3.16°E | 44 | 1988 | Shu, Egyptian god of air. | WGPSN |
| Sin | 52°56′N2°32′E / 52.94°N 2.54°E | 19 | 1979 | Sin, Babylonian moon god. | WGPSN |
| Tammuz | 13°27′N129°14′E / 13.45°N 129.24°E | 51 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. | WGPSN |
| Tanit | 57°29′N36°37′W / 57.49°N 36.62°W | 26 | 1979 | Tanit, Akkadian youthful god of vegetation; Ishtar's son. | WGPSN |
| Tashmetum | 39°43′S95°28′E / 39.72°S 95.46°E | 135 | 2000 | Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; Carthaginian goddess. | WGPSN |
| Ta-urt | 27°40′N55°48′E / 27.66°N 55.8°E | 94 | 1988 | Taurt, Egyptian childbirth goddess. | WGPSN |
| Teshub | 68°18′S80°43′E / 68.3°S 80.72°E | 188 | 1994 | Teshub, Elamite god of the tempest. | WGPSN |
| Thoth | 43°13′S147°15′W / 43.22°S 147.25°W | 102 | 1985 | Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. | WGPSN |
| Tros | 11°08′N27°16′W / 11.14°N 27.26°W | 94 | 1979 | Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
| Upuant | 46°24′N40°28′E / 46.4°N 40.46°E | 17 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. | WGPSN |
| We-ila | 12°22′S69°39′E / 12.36°S 69.65°E | 36 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. | WGPSN |
| Wepwawet | 69°53′S59°49′W / 69.89°S 59.81°W | 86 | 2000 | Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. | WGPSN |
| Zakar | 31°17′N26°20′E / 31.28°N 26.33°E | 170 | 1997 | Zakar, Assyrian supreme deity. | WGPSN |
| Zaqar | 58°10′N37°25′W / 58.16°N 37.41°W | 33 | 1979 | Zaqar, Assyro-Babylonian; Sin's messenger who brought dreams to men. | WGPSN |
| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keret | 16°00′N35°12′W / 16.0°N 35.2°W | 36.0 | 1979 | Dropped. Keret, Phoenician hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. | WGPSN |
| Khnum | 17°48′S85°12′W / 17.8°S 85.2°W | 45.0 | – | Not approved named. Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | WGPSN |
| Wadjet | 53°48′S268°54′W / 53.8°S 268.9°W | 100.0 | 2000 | Dropped name. Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. | WGPSN |
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