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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Alcander

Basic Info

Feature Name Alcander
Clean Name Alcander
Feature ID 14801
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -46.04 °
Southmost Latitude -58.26 °
Eastmost Longitude 285.51 °
Westmost Longitude 306.10 °
Diameter 120.00 km
Center Latitude -52.89 °
Center Longitude 295.49 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 25, 2011
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin A Trojan defending Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians, killed by Turnus.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 6:34 AM

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