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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Majnoon

Basic Info

Feature Name Majnoon
Clean Name Majnoon
Feature ID 3599
Target Eros
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 3.80 °
Southmost Latitude 3.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 28.80 °
Westmost Longitude 28.80 °
Diameter 2.10 km
Center Latitude 3.80 °
Center Longitude 28.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Asia
Culture Persian
Origin Leylie's lover in "Leylie and Majnoon" poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan, 1480s).
Reference [64] - Large Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd ed., 30 volumes: Sov. Entsikl., Moscow, 1969-1978 (in Russian).
Updated Oct 01, 2006 3:30 PM

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