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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Launcelot

Basic Info

Feature Name Launcelot
Clean Name Launcelot
Feature ID 3300
Target Mimas
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -5.10 °
Southmost Latitude -14.30 °
Eastmost Longitude 324.00 °
Westmost Longitude 332.81 °
Diameter 30.00 km
Center Latitude -9.46 °
Center Longitude 328.49 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Great Britain
Origin King Arthur's favorite; champion and lover of Queen Gwynevere.
Reference [37] - Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, by Keith Baines: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1962.
Updated Aug 14, 2008 2:09 PM

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