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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Almeric

Basic Info

Feature Name Almeric
Clean Name Almeric
Feature ID 198
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 53.70 °
Southmost Latitude 53.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 273.70 °
Westmost Longitude 279.40 °
Diameter 43.00 km
Center Latitude 53.40 °
Center Longitude 276.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin One of 12 peers, killed by Marsilion.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated May 15, 2008 10:04 AM
Additional Information Defines 276 degrees longitude on Iapetus. Center longitude changed from 276.6 to 276.0 May 15, 2008.

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