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.