Saragossa Terra is the name given to the southern part of the highly reflective half of
Saturn's moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
Iapetus
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (; ; ), also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also called the father of Buphagus and Anchiale in other sources.
Iapetus was linked ...
. It is bordered on the north by
Roncevaux Terra, and on both the east and west sides by
Cassini Regio.
The largest named crater in Saragossa Terra is the 504-km-diameter
Engelier
Engelier is a 310-mile (500-kilometers) large crater on Saturn's moon Iapetus
In Greek mythology, Iapetus (; ; ), also Japetus, is a Titan, the son of Uranus and Gaia and father of Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. He was also c ...
. It partially obscures the slightly smaller crater Gerin. Both craters are named for
paladin
The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers (), are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval (12th century) ''chanson de geste'' cycle of the Matter of France, wh ...
s mentioned in
The Song of Roland
The ''Song of Roland'' () is an 11th-century based on the deeds of the Frankish military leader Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass in AD 778, during the reign of the Emperor Charlemagne. It is the oldest surviving major work of French li ...
.
References
Surface features of Iapetus (moon)
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