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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Massicus

Basic Info

Feature Name Massicus
Clean Name Massicus
Feature ID 3743
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -33.24 °
Southmost Latitude -36.72 °
Eastmost Longitude 52.71 °
Westmost Longitude 57.66 °
Diameter 39.00 km
Center Latitude -35.00 °
Center Longitude 55.39 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture Roman
Origin An Etruscan ally of Aeneas.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 12:43 PM

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