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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Samson

Basic Info

Feature Name Samson
Clean Name Samson
Feature ID 14483
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 6.50 °
Southmost Latitude 6.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 298.60 °
Westmost Longitude 298.60 °
Diameter 33.00 km
Center Latitude 6.50 °
Center Longitude 298.60 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 05, 2008
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin French baron, Duke of Burgundy; one of the Twelve Peers; killed by Valdebron.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Aug 05, 2008 1:02 PM

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