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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Rayya

Basic Info

Feature Name	Rayya
Clean Name	Rayya
Feature ID	14229
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-29.00 °
Southmost Latitude	-31.08 °
Eastmost Longitude	177.83 °
Westmost Longitude	179.93 °
Diameter	9.54 km
Center Latitude	-32.41 °
Center Longitude	178.88 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((181.0364425715709 -33.494594761725, 180.8726969494891 -33.46789721599513, 180.71502439784 -33.415159506715334, 180.5673073381304 -33.3376802113145, 180.4331830546152 -33.23736712718444, 180.31595413228746 -33.11669029537648, 180.2185071362754 -32.97862117999316, 180.1432415350289 -32.82655950088036, 180.09201061744278 -32.664249521241594, 180.0660758587338 -32.49568785145152, 180.0660758587338 -32.32502503924448, 180.09201061744278 -32.156463369454414, 180.1432415350289 -31.99415338981565, 180.2185071362754 -31.84209171070284, 180.31595413228746 -31.704022595319522, 180.4331830546152 -31.58334576351156, 180.5673073381304 -31.483032679381502, 180.71502439784 -31.40555338398067, 180.8726969494891 -31.352815674700874, 181.0364425715709 -31.326118128971004, 181.20222930342914 -31.326118128971004, 181.36597492551093 -31.352815674700874, 181.52364747716 -31.40555338398067, 181.67136453686962 -31.483032679381502, 181.80548882038482 -31.58334576351156, 181.92271774271256 -31.704022595319522, 182.02016473872462 -31.84209171070284, 182.09543033997113 -31.99415338981565, 182.14666125755724 -32.15646336945441, 182.17259601626623 -32.32502503924448, 182.17259601626623 -32.49568785145152, 182.14666125755724 -32.664249521241594, 182.09543033997113 -32.82655950088036, 182.02016473872462 -32.97862117999316, 181.92271774271256 -33.11669029537648, 181.80548882038482 -33.23736712718444, 181.67136453686962 -33.3376802113145, 181.52364747716 -33.415159506715334, 181.36597492551093 -33.46789721599513, 181.20222930342916 -33.494594761725, 181.0364425715709 -33.494594761725))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	Female character in the tale "Otbah and Rayya."
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 29, 2014 12:28 PM

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