Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Haemon on Dione

Haemon

Feature Name	Haemon
Clean Name	Haemon
Feature ID	14805
Target	Dione
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
Northernmost Latitude	87.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	80.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	245.98 °
Westernmost Longitude	311.77 °
Diameter	65.22 km
Center Latitude	84.33 °
Center Longitude	276.31 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((114.02 87.2, 48.23000000000002 87.2, 48.23000000000002 80.73, 114.02 80.73, 114.02 87.2)))
Northernmost Latitude	87.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	80.73 °
Easternmost Longitude	245.98 °
Westernmost Longitude	311.77 °
Diameter	65.22 km
Center Latitude	84.33 °
Center Longitude	276.31 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((114.02 87.2, 48.23000000000002 87.2, 48.23000000000002 80.73, 114.02 80.73, 114.02 87.2)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Feb 25, 2011
Origin	There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a Rutulian from a group attacking the Trojan’s camp in the absence of Aeneas, and (b) an Italian whose son, priest of Apollo and Diana, was a soldier of Turnus.
Last Updated	Feb 25, 2011 6:47 AM