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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Metiscus

Basic Info

Feature Name Metiscus
Clean Name Metiscus
Feature ID 14360
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 7.71 °
Southmost Latitude 4.32 °
Eastmost Longitude 91.10 °
Westmost Longitude 95.61 °
Diameter 43.80 km
Center Latitude 6.00 °
Center Longitude 93.29 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin A Rutulian, charioteer of Turnus.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:44 PM

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