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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Hisham

Basic Info

Feature Name	Hisham
Clean Name	Hisham
Feature ID	14606
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	48.04 °
Southmost Latitude	43.15 °
Eastmost Longitude	276.89 °
Westmost Longitude	283.92 °
Diameter	21.40 km
Center Latitude	48.25 °
Center Longitude	280.41 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((79.31771603395616 45.82215366010245, 78.77109461906551 45.882032441239446, 78.24474654223694 46.00031558919556, 77.75163223997113 46.17409058030885, 77.30389382294236 46.39907849757198, 76.91255609693654 46.669739391769845, 76.58725509554334 46.97940869341528, 76.33600080902923 47.32046131656829, 76.16497995179333 47.68449941375808, 76.07840362492645 48.062559158858676, 76.07840362492645 48.44533146623732, 76.16497995179333 48.82339121133791, 76.33600080902923 49.187429308527705, 76.58725509554334 49.528481931680716, 76.91255609693654 49.83815123332615, 77.30389382294236 50.10881212752402, 77.75163223997113 50.33380004478715, 78.24474654223694 50.50757503590044, 78.77109461906551 50.62585818385655, 79.31771603395616 50.685736964993545, 79.87115115354185 50.685736964993545, 80.4177725684325 50.62585818385655, 80.94412064526105 50.50757503590044, 81.43723494752687 50.33380004478715, 81.88497336455565 50.10881212752402, 82.27631109056146 49.83815123332615, 82.60161209195466 49.528481931680716, 82.85286637846878 49.187429308527705, 83.02388723570468 48.82339121133791, 83.11046356257155 48.44533146623732, 83.11046356257155 48.062559158858676, 83.02388723570468 47.68449941375808, 82.85286637846878 47.32046131656829, 82.60161209195466 46.97940869341528, 82.27631109056146 46.669739391769845, 81.88497336455565 46.39907849757198, 81.43723494752687 46.17409058030885, 80.94412064526107 46.00031558919556, 80.4177725684325 45.882032441239446, 79.87115115354185 45.82215366010245, 79.31771603395616 45.82215366010245))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 17, 2009
Continent	Asia
Culture	Arabian
Origin	Caliph in the tale "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth."
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 28, 2014 2:37 PM

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