Nausicaa (crater)

Nausicaa is an impact crater on Tethys, an icy moon of Saturn. Like most features on this moon, it is named after a character from Homer's Odyssey.[1][2]

It is located in the northern hemisphere of Tethys. Its coordinates are 84.6°N and 5°W.[1][3]

It was named after Nausicaa, daughter of Alcinous,[4] she advised Odysseus.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Planetary Names". planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  2. ^ w.h.d. rouse (1949). homer the odyssey. Internet Archive. thomas nelson and sons, ltd.
  3. ^ "Craters of Tethys". NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Archived from the original on 2025-10-20. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
  4. ^ Salus, Peter H.; Shipley, Joseph T. (Sep 1985). "The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots". Language. 61 (3): 710. doi:10.2307/414406. ISSN 0097-8507.


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