Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Haemon

Basic Info

Feature Name Haemon
Clean Name Haemon
Feature ID 14805
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 87.20 °
Southmost Latitude 80.73 °
Eastmost Longitude 245.98 °
Westmost Longitude 311.77 °
Diameter 65.22 km
Center Latitude 84.33 °
Center Longitude 276.31 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 25, 2011
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
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.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 6:47 AM

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