Gerin (crater)
{{Short description|Gerin (crater) currently located at 46.6S 233W}}
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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 {{Coord|45.6|S|233|W|globe:iapetus|display=inline,title}}{{Cite web|title=Global View of Iapetus' Dichotomy|url=https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/143/global-view-of-iapetus-dichotomy|website=NASA Solar System Exploration|access-date=4 May 2020}}
Nomenclature
Crater Gerin is named after one of the Twelve Peers in the French epic Song of Roland;{{Cite web|title=Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Gerin on Iapetus|url=https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14469|website=planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov|access-date=4 May 2020}} this name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2008.
See also
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Category:Impact craters on Saturn's moons
Category:Surface features of Iapetus (moon)
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