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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Marsilion

Basic Info

Feature Name Marsilion
Clean Name Marsilion
Feature ID 3722
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 39.30 °
Southmost Latitude 39.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 168.90 °
Westmost Longitude 183.20 °
Diameter 136.00 km
Center Latitude 39.20 °
Center Longitude 176.10 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Saracen king of Spain; Roland wounds him and he died of wound later.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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