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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Petelia Fossae

Basic Info

Feature Name Petelia Fossae
Clean Name Petelia Fossae
Feature ID 14383
Target Dione
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 4.00 °
Southmost Latitude -16.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 76.70 °
Westmost Longitude 89.15 °
Diameter 225.00 km
Center Latitude -8.16 °
Center Longitude 82.43 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Mar 17, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin Town of Lucania in southern Italy, founded by Philoctetes.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated May 28, 2008 1:42 PM

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