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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Phaleris

Basic Info

Feature Name Phaleris
Clean Name Phaleris
Feature ID 14365
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -75.18 °
Southmost Latitude -79.42 °
Eastmost Longitude 158.00 °
Westmost Longitude 175.00 °
Diameter 44.00 km
Center Latitude -77.40 °
Center Longitude 166.58 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against Rutulian attack.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 1:03 PM

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