Ganymede is the largest

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in the

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, and has a hard surface with many

craters Crater may refer to: Landforms * Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet * Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surf ...

. Most of them are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths.

List

Dropped or not approved names

External links

USGS: Ganymede nomenclature

USGS: Ganymede Nomenclature: Craters
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