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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Butes

Basic Info

Feature Name Butes
Clean Name Butes
Feature ID 932
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 67.44 °
Southmost Latitude 64.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 41.87 °
Westmost Longitude 50.20 °
Diameter 35.00 km
Center Latitude 65.72 °
Center Longitude 46.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin A famous boxer who had been defeated by Dares.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 10:56 AM

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