Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ripheus

Basic Info

Feature Name Ripheus
Clean Name Ripheus
Feature ID 5153
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -54.66 °
Southmost Latitude -58.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 33.86 °
Westmost Longitude 39.65 °
Diameter 34.00 km
Center Latitude -56.47 °
Center Longitude 36.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin A Trojan. He fought at the side of Aeneas during Troy's last night.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 1:07 PM

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