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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Cretheus

Basic Info

Feature Name Cretheus
Clean Name Cretheus
Feature ID 14346
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -41.93 °
Southmost Latitude -44.81 °
Eastmost Longitude 86.61 °
Westmost Longitude 90.62 °
Diameter 29.00 km
Center Latitude -43.35 °
Center Longitude 88.53 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin A Trojan warrior who took part in the defense of Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM

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