Engelier

Engelier

Engelier (lower left) within Saragossa Terra.
Feature type	Central peak impact basin
Location	Saragossa Terra, Iapetus
Coordinates	40°30′S96°42′E / 40.500°S 96.700°E / -40.500; 96.700 [1]
Diameter	503 km (303 mi) [2]
Depth	8-9 km [3]
Eponym	Engelier, 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.

See also

• List of geological features on Iapetus

References

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.