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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Palatine Chasmata

Basic Info

Feature Name Palatine Chasmata
Clean Name Palatine Chasmata
Feature ID 4553
Target Dione
Feature Type Chasma, chasmata

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 0.00 °
Southmost Latitude -69.70 °
Eastmost Longitude 72.80 °
Westmost Longitude 280.70 °
Diameter 1100.00 km
Center Latitude -48.00 °
Center Longitude 316.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin One of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated May 28, 2008 1:33 PM
Additional Information Descriptor term changed to plural (chasmata) and coordinates and size changed 3/17/2008.

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