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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basan

Basic Info

Feature Name Basan
Clean Name Basan
Feature ID 625
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 33.70 °
Southmost Latitude 32.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 191.00 °
Westmost Longitude 198.40 °
Diameter 76.00 km
Center Latitude 33.30 °
Center Longitude 194.70 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Ethnicity France
Origin French baron; Murdered while serving as Ambassador of Marsilon.
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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