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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Alexandria Sulcus

Basic Info

Feature Name Alexandria Sulcus
Clean Name Alexandria Sulcus
Feature ID 14247
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -69.81 °
Southmost Latitude -69.86 °
Eastmost Longitude 94.78 °
Westmost Longitude 177.15 °
Diameter 111.00 km
Center Latitude -75.63 °
Center Longitude 137.56 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin City in the tale "The Sharper of Alexandria and the Chief of Police" from Richard F. Burton's Arabian Nights.
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 17, 2008 3:58 PM

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