Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Palinurus on Dione

Palinurus

Feature Name	Palinurus
Clean Name	Palinurus
Feature ID	4555
Target	Dione
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-2.73 °
Southernmost Latitude	-3.89 °
Easternmost Longitude	62.22 °
Westernmost Longitude	63.48 °
Diameter	11.90 km
Center Latitude	-3.30 °
Center Longitude	63.00 °
WKT String	MULTIPOLYGON (((297.78 -3.89, 296.52 -3.89, 296.52 -2.73, 297.78 -2.73, 297.78 -3.89)))
Continent	Europe
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Roman
Quad	-
Reference	[44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1982
Origin	Pilot of Aeneas' fleet.
Last Updated	Jun 04, 2008 1:02 PM
Additional Information	Defines 63 degrees longitude on Dione. This name was mistakenly applied to a larger crater (4.0S, 61.4W, 33 km), but was moved back to the longitude-defining crater (also a RAND control point crater) on Jan. 11, 2008.