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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Turpin

Basic Info

Feature Name Turpin
Clean Name Turpin
Feature ID 6146
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 47.30 °
Southmost Latitude 47.10 °
Eastmost Longitude 7.10 °
Westmost Longitude 357.30 °
Diameter 87.00 km
Center Latitude 47.70 °
Center Longitude 1.40 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin Archbishop of Rheims in Song of Roland.
Reference [29] - Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers: Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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