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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Acastus

Basic Info

Feature Name Acastus
Clean Name Acastus
Feature ID 28
Target Phoebe
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 9.60 °
Southmost Latitude 9.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 148.50 °
Westmost Longitude 148.50 °
Diameter 34.00 km
Center Latitude 9.60 °
Center Longitude 148.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Argonaut, son of the Thessalian king Pelias, took part in the Calydonian boar hunt.
Reference [177] - The Argonautica, by Valerius Flaccus (with an English translation by J.H. Mozley): The Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge (Mass.), 1934.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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