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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Italus

Basic Info

Feature Name Italus
Clean Name Italus
Feature ID 2750
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -16.57 °
Southmost Latitude -20.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 74.64 °
Westmost Longitude 78.35 °
Diameter 35.70 km
Center Latitude -18.47 °
Center Longitude 76.41 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Ancient hero, eponymous ancestor of the Italians.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:34 PM

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