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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Galaesus

Basic Info

Feature Name Galaesus
Clean Name Galaesus
Feature ID 14804
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 50.66 °
Southmost Latitude 42.85 °
Eastmost Longitude 290.59 °
Westmost Longitude 302.16 °
Diameter 79.00 km
Center Latitude 46.77 °
Center Longitude 296.25 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 25, 2011
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin An old Italian killed in the first fighting between Latins and Trojans while trying to make peace.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 6:43 AM

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