Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ascanius

Basic Info

Feature Name Ascanius
Clean Name Ascanius
Feature ID 14344
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 38.13 °
Southmost Latitude 28.94 °
Eastmost Longitude 226.00 °
Westmost Longitude 238.13 °
Diameter 98.00 km
Center Latitude 33.43 °
Center Longitude 232.18 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Son of Aeneas by Creusa.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 10:53 AM

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