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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Aziz on Enceladus
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Aziz
Feature Name
Aziz
Clean Name
Aziz
Feature ID
14228
Target
Enceladus
Feature Type
Crater, craters
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude
17.33 °
Southernmost Latitude
15.15 °
Easternmost Longitude
347.24 °
Westernmost Longitude
349.75 °
Diameter
10.52
km
Center Latitude
17.73 °
Center Longitude
348.49 °
WKT String
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Continent
Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Arabian
Quad
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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
Man betrothed to his cousin Azizah in "The tale of Aziz and Azizah."
Last Updated
Aug 28, 2014 2:23 PM
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