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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Al-Kuz

Basic Info

Feature Name	Al-Kuz
Clean Name	Al Kuz
Feature ID	14225
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-16.24 °
Southmost Latitude	-18.38 °
Eastmost Longitude	177.70 °
Westmost Longitude	179.61 °
Diameter	10.15 km
Center Latitude	-18.88 °
Center Longitude	178.66 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	The barber’s fourth brother in “The Hunchback’s Tale.”
Reference	[52] - Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard F. Burton: Larsen-Harper, Colo. Press, Denver, Colo., 1900.
Updated	Aug 28, 2014 2:19 PM

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