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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Tyll

Basic Info

Feature Name Tyll
Clean Name Tyll
Feature ID 6165
Target Callisto
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 45.70 °
Southmost Latitude 44.00 °
Eastmost Longitude 165.40 °
Westmost Longitude 167.60 °
Diameter 68.70 km
Center Latitude 44.80 °
Center Longitude 166.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1988
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Estonia
Origin Estonian epic hero; struggled with a giant.
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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