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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ghanim

Basic Info

Feature Name	Ghanim
Clean Name	Ghanim
Feature ID	14231
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	37.73 °
Southmost Latitude	34.59 °
Eastmost Longitude	278.84 °
Westmost Longitude	282.71 °
Diameter	14.18 km
Center Latitude	38.74 °
Center Longitude	280.78 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((79.07164592660085 37.12617265988789, 78.77064294483287 37.16583758497227, 78.48080369547795 37.24419075304511, 78.20926498277649 37.3593028490692, 77.96271299102058 37.50833943120529, 77.74721864850635 37.687630724177126, 77.56808814113126 37.89276198131805, 77.42973225648691 38.11868219028565, 77.33555777563012 38.35982844574895, 77.2878835868268 38.610262926579914, 77.2878835868268 38.86381910471609, 77.33555777563012 39.114253585547054, 77.42973225648691 39.35539984101036, 77.56808814113126 39.581320049977954, 77.74721864850635 39.78645130711888, 77.96271299102058 39.965742600090714, 78.20926498277649 40.114779182226805, 78.48080369547795 40.229891278250896, 78.77064294483287 40.308244446323734, 79.07164592660085 40.347909371408115, 79.37640094839914 40.347909371408115, 79.67740393016712 40.308244446323734, 79.96724317952204 40.229891278250896, 80.2387818922235 40.114779182226805, 80.48533388397941 39.965742600090714, 80.70082822649364 39.78645130711888, 80.87995873386873 39.581320049977954, 81.01831461851307 39.35539984101036, 81.11248909936987 39.114253585547054, 81.1601632881732 38.86381910471609, 81.1601632881732 38.610262926579914, 81.11248909936987 38.35982844574895, 81.01831461851307 38.11868219028565, 80.87995873386873 37.89276198131805, 80.70082822649364 37.687630724177126, 80.48533388397941 37.50833943120529, 80.2387818922235 37.3593028490692, 79.96724317952204 37.24419075304511, 79.67740393016712 37.16583758497227, 79.37640094839914 37.12617265988789, 79.07164592660085 37.12617265988789))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	Son of Ayyub, brother of 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	Jul 23, 2024 9:21 PM

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