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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basile

Basic Info

Feature Name Basile
Clean Name Basile
Feature ID 14456
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -0.70 °
Southmost Latitude -0.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 187.90 °
Westmost Longitude 187.90 °
Diameter 6.00 km
Center Latitude -0.70 °
Center Longitude 187.90 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 05, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin French baron; murdered near Haltile with his brother Basan while serving as ambassador to Marsilion.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Aug 05, 2008 12:03 PM

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