Gerin (crater)

Cassini mosaic of Iapetus. Crater Gerin is located southwestern of crater Engelier (lower left).

Gerin is 445 km (313 mile) wide impact crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus, located on Saragossa Terra. It is partially obscured by the larger crater, Engelier, whose formation has destroyed about half of Gerin. Gerin is located at 45°36′S 233°00′W / 45.6°S 233°W / -45.6; -233^[1]

Nomenclature

Crater Gerin is named after one of the Twelve Peers in the French epic Song of Roland;^[2] this name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2008.

See also

List of geological features on Iapetus

References

^ "Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy". NASA Solar System Exploration. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Gerin on Iapetus". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 4 May 2020.

Regions	Cassini Regio Roncevaux Terra Saragossa Terra
Craters	Abisme Engelier Gerin Roland Turgis
Mountains	Equatorial ridge

Discovery

Exploration

Past	Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Cassini–Huygens
Proposed	Titan Saturn System Mission

Related

Moons of Saturn

Listed in approximate increasing distance from Saturn

Other inner moons

Large moons
(with trojans)

Inuit group (13)

Kiviuq subgroup	S/2019 S 1 Kiviuq S/2005 S 4 S/2020 S 1 Ijiraq
Paaliaq subgroup	Paaliaq
Siarnaq subgroup	S/2004 S 31 Tarqeq S/2019 S 14 Siarnaq S/2020 S 3 S/2019 S 6 S/2020 S 5

Gallic group (7)

Norse group (100)

Phoebe subgroup	Phoebe S/2006 S 20 S/2006 S 9

Outlier prograde
irregular moons

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