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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


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 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Culture 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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