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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Thierry

Basic Info

Feature Name Thierry
Clean Name Thierry
Feature ID 14484
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -55.00 °
Southmost Latitude -55.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 8.00 °
Westmost Longitude 8.00 °
Diameter 110.00 km
Center Latitude -55.00 °
Center Longitude 8.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Aug 05, 2008
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin French knight; Duke of Argonne; brother of Godefroy, Charlemagne’s standard bearer. At Ganelon's trial, Thierry alone insists on Ganelon's guilt.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:58 PM

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