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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nisus

Basic Info

Feature Name Nisus
Clean Name Nisus
Feature ID 14363
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -66.40 °
Southmost Latitude -69.84 °
Eastmost Longitude 330.79 °
Westmost Longitude 339.64 °
Diameter 35.00 km
Center Latitude -68.18 °
Center Longitude 335.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Trojan companion of Aeneas, friend of Euryalus.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:47 PM

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