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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Shirin

Basic Info

Feature Name	Shirin
Clean Name	Shirin
Feature ID	14240
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-1.20 °
Southmost Latitude	-2.93 °
Eastmost Longitude	171.81 °
Westmost Longitude	173.83 °
Diameter	8.84 km
Center Latitude	-2.27 °
Center Longitude	172.82 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((187.25907486256554 -3.2218215291901187, 187.41533055178633 -3.1983658282988756, 187.5657909605344 -3.152031983717341, 187.70675125419694 -3.0839608884723253, 187.83474052252348 -2.995828678843774, 187.94660724495577 -2.8898054623267764, 188.03959689152325 -2.7685018823828633, 188.11141974851245 -2.634904835733754, 188.16030729881797 -2.4923039250511274, 188.1850557687027 -2.3442104580212786, 188.1850557687027 -2.194270987296522, 188.16030729881797 -2.0461775202666734, 188.11141974851245 -1.9035766095840465, 188.03959689152325 -1.769979562934937, 187.94660724495577 -1.648675982991024, 187.83474052252348 -1.5426527664740264, 187.70675125419694 -1.454520556845475, 187.5657909605344 -1.3864494616004595, 187.41533055178633 -1.3401156170189248, 187.25907486256554 -1.3166599161276817, 187.10087142652344 -1.3166599161276817, 186.94461573730268 -1.3401156170189248, 186.79415532855487 -1.3864494616004595, 186.65319503489215 -1.4545205568454747, 186.52520576656562 -1.5426527664740255, 186.41333904413332 -1.6486759829910242, 186.3203493975658 -1.769979562934938, 186.24852654057656 -1.9035766095840465, 186.19963899027084 -2.0461775202666725, 186.1748905203863 -2.1942709872965223, 186.1748905203863 -2.344210458021278, 186.19963899027084 -2.492303925051126, 186.24852654057656 -2.634904835733753, 186.3203493975658 -2.7685018823828633, 186.41333904413332 -2.889805462326777, 186.52520576656562 -2.9958286788437736, 186.65319503489215 -3.0839608884723253, 186.79415532855487 -3.1520319837173405, 186.94461573730268 -3.1983658282988756, 187.10087142652344 -3.2218215291901187, 187.25907486256554 -3.2218215291901187))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Culture	Arabian
Origin	Wife of King Khusrau in the tale "Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman."
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	Nov 06, 2014 12:47 PM

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