Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ganelon

Basic Info

Feature Name Ganelon
Clean Name Ganelon
Feature ID 14467
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -44.30 °
Southmost Latitude -44.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 19.80 °
Westmost Longitude 19.80 °
Diameter 230.00 km
Center Latitude -44.30 °
Center Longitude 19.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 05, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin French count; stepfather of Roland; brother-in-law of Roland’s uncle Charlemagne; betrays Roland and the French rear guard to Marsilion.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM

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