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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Amycus

Basic Info

Feature Name Amycus
Clean Name Amycus
Feature ID 14342
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -36.16 °
Southmost Latitude -38.82 °
Eastmost Longitude 87.00 °
Westmost Longitude 90.28 °
Diameter 27.30 km
Center Latitude -37.52 °
Center Longitude 88.62 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin A Trojan, comrade of Aeneas.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 10:47 AM

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