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Engelier

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Engelier
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Engelier (lower left) within Saragossa Terra.
Feature typeCentral peak impact basin
LocationSaragossa Terra, Iapetus
Coordinates40°30′S 96°42′E / 40.500°S 96.700°E / -40.500; 96.700[1]
Diameter503 km (303 mi)[2]
Depth8-9 km[3]
EponymEngelier, character from the Song of Roland

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.

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References

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  1. ^ "Engelier". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -40.50°, Center Longitude: 264.70°)
  2. ^ Barnett, Amanda; et al. (December 1, 2017). "Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy". Solar System Exploration. NASA. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Wilkinson, John (March 2016). The Solar System in Close-Up (1st ed.). Springer. p. 209. ISBN 978-3319276274.
  5. ^ Greeley, Ronald (February 2013). Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology. Cambridge University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0521867115. Retrieved 24 April 2017.


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