Engelier

{{Short description|Crater on Iapetus}}

{{notability|date=April 2017}}

{{Infobox feature on celestial object

| name = Engelier

| image = Iapetus as seen by the Cassini probe - 20071008.jpg

| caption = Engelier (lower left) within Saragossa Terra.

| diameter = 503 km (303 mi)

| depth = 8-9 km

| eponym = Engelier, character from the Song of Roland

|location = Saragossa Terra, Iapetus

|type = Central peak impact basin

|coordinates = {{coord|40|30|S|96|42|E|globe:iapetus_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|coordinates_footnotes = {{gpn|14463|Engelier}} (Center Latitude: -40.50°, Center Longitude: 264.70°)

}}

Engelier is a 310-mile (500-kilometers) large crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus in Saragossa Terra. It partially obscures the slightly smaller crater Gerin.

See also

References

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{{cite web|url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/143/global-view-of-iapetus-dichotomy/|title=Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy|website=Solar System Exploration|publisher=NASA|date=December 1, 2017|accessdate=October 4, 2022|last1=Barnett|first1=Amanda|display-authors=et al}}

{{cite journal|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S001910351100176X|title=Impact basin relaxation at Iapetus|journal=Icarus|last1=Robuchon|first1=Guillaume|last2=Nimmo|first2=Francis|last3=Roberts|first3=James|last4=Kirchoff|first4=Michelle|date=July 2011|publisher=Elsevier|volume=214|issue=1|pages=82–90|doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.011|bibcode=2011Icar..214...82R }}

{{cite book|last1=Wilkinson|first1=John|title=The Solar System in Close-Up|date=March 2016|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-3319276274|page=209|edition=1st}}

{{cite book|last1=Greeley|first1=Ronald|title=Introduction to Planetary Geomorphology|date=February 2013|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521867115|page=196|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b3YgAwAAQBAJ&dq=Engelier+moon&pg=PA232|accessdate=24 April 2017}}

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{{Iapetus}}

{{Moons of Saturn}}

Category:Impact craters on Saturn's moons

Category:Surface features of Iapetus (moon)

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