Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Leander

Basic Info

Feature Name Leander
Clean Name Leander
Feature ID 3317
Target Eros
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 25.60 °
Southmost Latitude 25.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 210.30 °
Westmost Longitude 210.30 °
Diameter 1.40 km
Center Latitude 25.60 °
Center Longitude 210.30 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Lover of Hero, swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair, Hero drowned herself.
Reference [59] - The New Encyclopaedia Britannica: Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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