Roncevaux Terra (Iapetus)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Terra, terrae
- IAU definition
Extensive land mass
- Diameter
- 1,284 km, 175 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 37° N, 120.5° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1982
- Origin of the name
Pass where Roland and his forces were ambushed by the Saracens.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Roncevaux Terra.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Roncevaux Terra.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/5181
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms