Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Turnus

Basic Info

Feature Name Turnus
Clean Name Turnus
Feature ID 6145
Target Dione
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 21.11 °
Southmost Latitude 10.77 °
Eastmost Longitude 340.12 °
Westmost Longitude 350.00 °
Diameter 101.00 km
Center Latitude 15.59 °
Center Longitude 345.31 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Roman
Origin Rutililan king; Aeneas' rival for hand of Lavinia.
Reference [44] - The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum: Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.
Updated Jun 04, 2008 1:15 PM

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