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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Helorus Fossa

Basic Info

Feature Name Helorus Fossa
Clean Name Helorus Fossa
Feature ID 14815
Target Dione
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -26.99 °
Southmost Latitude -36.89 °
Eastmost Longitude 73.59 °
Westmost Longitude 78.82 °
Diameter 105.00 km
Center Latitude -31.84 °
Center Longitude 76.48 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 25, 2011
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin A river in southeastern Sicily with wide marshes near its mouth.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Feb 25, 2011 7:28 AM

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