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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Butes

Basic Info

Feature Name Butes
Clean Name Butes
Feature ID 933
Target Phoebe
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -49.60 °
Southmost Latitude -49.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 292.50 °
Westmost Longitude 292.50 °
Diameter 29.00 km
Center Latitude -49.60 °
Center Longitude 292.50 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2006
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Greek
Origin Argonaut, son of Teleon, bee-master.
Reference [177] - The Argonautica, by Valerius Flaccus (with an English translation by J.H. Mozley): The Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge (Mass.), 1934.
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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