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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Nauplius

Basic Info

Feature Name Nauplius
Clean Name Nauplius
Feature ID 4167
Target Phoebe
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 31.50 °
Southmost Latitude 31.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 241.50 °
Westmost Longitude 241.50 °
Diameter 24.00 km
Center Latitude 31.50 °
Center Longitude 241.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Culture Greek
Origin Argonaut, son of Neptune and Amymone, or of Klytoneos.
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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