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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Adrastus

Basic Info

Feature Name Adrastus
Clean Name Adrastus
Feature ID 58
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -60.00 °
Southmost Latitude -63.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 42.27 °
Westmost Longitude 50.30 °
Diameter 38.50 km
Center Latitude -61.66 °
Center Longitude 46.57 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin King of Argos, one of the seven against Thebes, and the only one to return alive.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 10:40 AM

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