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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Besgun

Basic Info

Feature Name Besgun
Clean Name Besgun
Feature ID 718
Target Iapetus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 76.60 °
Southmost Latitude 75.40 °
Eastmost Longitude 301.40 °
Westmost Longitude 318.30 °
Diameter 56.00 km
Center Latitude 76.00 °
Center Longitude 309.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 1982
Continent Europe
Culture France
Origin Chief cook for Charlemagne's army; he guarded Ganelon after Ganelon's treachery was discovered.
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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