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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ayyub

Basic Info

Feature Name	Ayyub
Clean Name	Ayyub
Feature ID	14227
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	37.94 °
Southmost Latitude	34.07 °
Eastmost Longitude	292.79 °
Westmost Longitude	297.25 °
Diameter	17.4470 km
Center Latitude	38.58 °
Center Longitude	295.02 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((64.80658024806819 36.59521505854163, 64.45982481307146 36.64403342787625, 64.12592999781458 36.740468096273595, 63.81311740078252 36.8821445221494, 63.52908950627972 37.065574161701505, 63.280840023703334 37.28624036843607, 63.074481679207196 37.538709607994136, 62.91509570009693 37.81676524980041, 62.80660669814992 38.11356064113986, 62.751686032648465 38.421787694470275, 62.751686032648465 38.73385683679172, 62.80660669814992 39.042083890122136, 62.91509570009693 39.33887928146159, 63.074481679207196 39.61693492326786, 63.280840023703334 39.86940416282593, 63.52908950627972 40.09007036956049, 63.81311740078252 40.273500009112595, 64.12592999781458 40.4151764349884, 64.45982481307146 40.511611103385746, 64.80658024806819 40.560429472720365, 65.15765803317981 40.560429472720365, 65.50441346817652 40.511611103385746, 65.8383082834334 40.4151764349884, 66.15112088046547 40.2735000091126, 66.4351487749683 40.09007036956049, 66.68339825754468 39.86940416282593, 66.8897566020408 39.61693492326786, 67.04914258115107 39.33887928146159, 67.15763158309808 39.042083890122136, 67.21255224859954 38.73385683679172, 67.21255224859954 38.421787694470275, 67.15763158309808 38.11356064113986, 67.04914258115107 37.81676524980041, 66.8897566020408 37.538709607994136, 66.68339825754468 37.28624036843607, 66.4351487749683 37.065574161701505, 66.15112088046547 36.882144522149396, 65.8383082834334 36.740468096273595, 65.50441346817652 36.64403342787625, 65.15765803317981 36.59521505854163, 64.80658024806819 36.59521505854163))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	Damascus merchant, father of Ghanim and Fitnah in the "Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub, the Distraught, the Thrall O’ Love."
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 2:22 PM

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