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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Arpi Fossae

Basic Info

Feature Name Arpi Fossae
Clean Name Arpi Fossae
Feature ID 14380
Target Dione
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 56.00 °
Southmost Latitude 28.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 113.10 °
Westmost Longitude 141.90 °
Diameter 330.00 km
Center Latitude 47.47 °
Center Longitude 130.80 °
Northmost Latitude 74.90 °
Southmost Latitude 28.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 96.00 °
Westmost Longitude 141.90 °
Diameter 425.00 km
Center Latitude 52.00 °
Center Longitude 119.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Town in Apulia (now Puglia, southern Italy) founded after the Trojan war by Diomedes.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 7:32 AM

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