Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Cassandra

Basic Info

Feature Name Cassandra
Clean Name Cassandra
Feature ID 1042
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -39.20 °
Southmost Latitude -40.48 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.79 °
Westmost Longitude 247.41 °
Diameter 13.00 km
Center Latitude -39.84 °
Center Longitude 246.22 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Daughter of Priam; she could foretell the future.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated May 15, 2010 2:20 PM
Additional Information Name moved 3/17/2008 to a small, well-defined crater.

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