Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Fadus

Basic Info

Feature Name Fadus
Clean Name Fadus
Feature ID 14803
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.44 °
Southmost Latitude -38.29 °
Eastmost Longitude 222.25 °
Westmost Longitude 228.08 °
Diameter 47.00 km
Center Latitude -35.94 °
Center Longitude 225.18 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 25, 2011
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin A Rutulian of those besieging the men of Aeneas in their leader’s absence.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 6:40 AM

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