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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Aziz
Clean Name Aziz
Feature ID 14228
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 17.33 °
Southmost Latitude 15.15 °
Eastmost Longitude 347.24 °
Westmost Longitude 349.75 °
Diameter 10.52 km
Center Latitude 17.73 °
Center Longitude 348.49 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Man betrothed to his cousin Azizah in "The tale of Aziz and Azizah."
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 2:23 PM

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