Engelier
Engelier is a 310-mile (500-kilometers) large crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus in Saragossa Terra.[4][5] It partially obscures the slightly smaller crater Gerin.
Engelier (lower left) within Saragossa Terra. | |
| Feature type | Central peak impact basin |
|---|---|
| Location | Saragossa Terra, Iapetus |
| Coordinates | 40°30′S 96°42′E[1] |
| Diameter | 503 km (303 mi)[2] |
| Depth | 8-9 km[3] |
| Eponym | Engelier, character from the Song of Roland |
References
- "Engelier". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -40.50°, Center Longitude: 264.70°)
- Barnett, Amanda; et al. (December 1, 2017). "Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- Robuchon, Guillaume; Nimmo, Francis; Roberts, James; Kirchoff, Michelle (July 2011). "Impact basin relaxation at Iapetus". Icarus. 214 (1). Elsevier: 82–90. Bibcode:2011Icar..214...82R. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.011.
- Wilkinson, John (March 2016). The Solar System in Close-Up (1st ed.). Springer. p. 209. ISBN 978-3319276274.
- Greeley, Ronald (February 2013). Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0521867115. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
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