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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Prytanis

Basic Info

Feature Name Prytanis
Clean Name Prytanis
Feature ID 14366
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -41.41 °
Southmost Latitude -50.58 °
Eastmost Longitude 280.53 °
Westmost Longitude 294.26 °
Diameter 96.00 km
Center Latitude -46.25 °
Center Longitude 287.40 °
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 1:05 PM

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