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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Othon

Basic Info

Feature Name Othon
Clean Name Othon
Feature ID 4522
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 33.30 °
Southmost Latitude 33.20 °
Eastmost Longitude 343.60 °
Westmost Longitude 352.00 °
Diameter 86.00 km
Center Latitude 33.30 °
Center Longitude 347.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin One of twelve peers; guarded French dead while Charlemagne pursued Saracen forces; sixth column leader.
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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