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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Andromache

Basic Info

Feature Name	Andromache
Clean Name	Andromache
Feature ID	16501
Target	Dione
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

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Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	26.76 °
Southmost Latitude	-15.06 °
Eastmost Longitude	266.47 °
Westmost Longitude	310.24 °
Diameter	439.00 km
Center Latitude	5.85 °
Center Longitude	288.36 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((76.52408458200006 26.653668324000023, 68.17727792200003 24.549431351000067, 60.74230728400005 21.322934659000055, 55.69213855500004 17.67559057400007, 52.18507692700007 15.01022374200005, 50.78225228200006 11.082314722000035, 49.87041625900008 4.068191477000028, 51.06281720700008 -0.0701412289999439, 53.377477886000065 -4.6994625759999735, 55.55185608700003 -9.39892514199994, 57.86651675600007 -11.643444581999972, 64.03894521600006 -15.010223741999937, 67.82657175800006 -14.589376348999963, 77.43592060600008 -11.853868277999936, 83.04721919600007 -8.34680666099996, 89.21964765600006 -2.2445194399999764, 93.00727420800007 2.9459317570000394, 93.42812160000005 10.380902405000029, 91.60444955300005 14.729658807000021, 89.43007135200008 19.008273990000077, 87.18555191200005 22.304911911000033, 82.90693673800007 25.741832300000056, 76.52408458200006 26.653668324000023)))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Aug 24, 2026
Continent	Europe
Ethnicity	Roman
Origin	Wife of Hector; meets with Aeneas at the cenotaph of Hector in Buthrotum.
Reference	[44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated	Aug 24, 2026 7:20 PM

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