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| Feature Name | Palinurus |
|---|---|
| Clean Name | Palinurus |
| Feature ID | 4555 |
| Target | Dione |
| Feature Type | Crater, craters |
| Coordinate System | Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360 |
|---|---|
| Northmost Latitude | -2.73 ° |
| Southmost Latitude | -3.89 ° |
| Eastmost Longitude | 62.22 ° |
| Westmost Longitude | 63.48 ° |
| Diameter | 11.90 km |
| Center Latitude | -3.30 ° |
| Center Longitude | 63.00 ° |
| WKT String | |
| Quad | - |
| Approval Status | Adopted by IAU |
|---|---|
| Approval Date | 1982 |
| Continent | Europe |
| Ethnicity | Roman |
| Origin | Pilot of Aeneas' fleet. |
| Reference | [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971. |
| 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. |
