Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Iasus

Basic Info

Feature Name Iasus
Clean Name Iasus
Feature ID 14806
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -19.22 °
Southmost Latitude -24.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 243.20 °
Westmost Longitude 249.02 °
Diameter 54.00 km
Center Latitude -22.13 °
Center Longitude 245.92 °
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) father of Palinurus, and (b) father of Iapyx.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 6:50 AM

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