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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Amata

Basic Info

Feature Name Amata
Clean Name Amata
Feature ID 215
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 8.84 °
Southmost Latitude 2.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 276.34 °
Westmost Longitude 283.37 °
Diameter 76.00 km
Center Latitude 5.17 °
Center Longitude 279.81 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Mother of Lavinia (wife of Aeneas).
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 10:45 AM
Additional Information Name moved 3/17/2008 to a smaller, well-defined crater.

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