Planetary Names

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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Al-Kuz on Enceladus

Al-Kuz

Feature Name	Al-Kuz
Clean Name	Al Kuz
Feature ID	14225
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-16.24 °
Southernmost Latitude	-18.38 °
Easternmost Longitude	177.70 °
Westernmost Longitude	179.61 °
Diameter	10.15 km
Center Latitude	-18.88 °
Center Longitude	178.66 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((181.2678867099429 -20.03852919472073, 181.1197932429136 -20.01011537819394, 180.9771923322315 -19.9539873876033, 180.8435952855829 -19.87152728035527, 180.7222917056394 -19.76476549795971, 180.6162684891228 -19.63633086982124, 180.5281362794946 -19.48938588273471, 180.4600651842498 -19.32754880996465, 180.4137313396685 -19.15480461734911, 180.3902756387773 -18.97540684021539, 180.3902756387773 -18.79377284722361, 180.4137313396685 -18.61437507008989, 180.4600651842498 -18.44163087747435, 180.5281362794946 -18.27979380470429, 180.6162684891228 -18.13284881761776, 180.7222917056394 -18.00441418947929, 180.8435952855829 -17.89765240708373, 180.9771923322315 -17.8151922998357, 181.1197932429136 -17.75906430924506, 181.2678867099429 -17.73065049271827, 181.4178261806671 -17.73065049271827, 181.5659196476964 -17.75906430924506, 181.7085205583785 -17.8151922998357, 181.8421176050271 -17.89765240708373, 181.9634211849706 -18.00441418947929, 182.0694444014872 -18.13284881761776, 182.1575766111154 -18.27979380470429, 182.2256477063602 -18.44163087747435, 182.2719815509415 -18.61437507008989, 182.2954372518327 -18.79377284722361, 182.2954372518327 -18.97540684021539, 182.2719815509415 -19.15480461734911, 182.2256477063602 -19.32754880996465, 182.1575766111154 -19.48938588273471, 182.0694444014872 -19.63633086982124, 181.9634211849706 -19.76476549795971, 181.8421176050271 -19.87152728035527, 181.7085205583785 -19.9539873876033, 181.5659196476964 -20.01011537819394, 181.4178261806671 -20.03852919472073, 181.2678867099429 -20.03852919472073))
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Arabian
Quad	-
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.
Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Origin	The barber’s fourth brother in “The Hunchback’s Tale.”
Last Updated	Aug 28, 2014 2:19 PM

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