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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tyrrhus

Basic Info

Feature Name Tyrrhus
Clean Name Tyrrhus
Feature ID 14372
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 27.00 °
Southmost Latitude 22.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 285.40 °
Westmost Longitude 290.70 °
Diameter 49.10 km
Center Latitude 24.70 °
Center Longitude 287.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Keeper of the herds for Latinus, father of Silvia.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 1:16 PM

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