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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Rayya on Enceladus

Rayya

Feature Name	Rayya
Clean Name	Rayya
Feature ID	14229
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-29.00 °
Southernmost Latitude	-31.08 °
Easternmost Longitude	177.83 °
Westernmost Longitude	179.93 °
Diameter	9.54 km
Center Latitude	-32.41 °
Center Longitude	178.88 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((181.0364425715709 -33.494594761725, 180.8726969494891 -33.46789721599513, 180.71502439784 -33.41515950671533, 180.5673073381304 -33.3376802113145, 180.4331830546152 -33.23736712718444, 180.3159541322875 -33.11669029537648, 180.2185071362754 -32.97862117999316, 180.1432415350289 -32.82655950088036, 180.0920106174428 -32.66424952124159, 180.0660758587338 -32.49568785145152, 180.0660758587338 -32.32502503924448, 180.0920106174428 -32.15646336945441, 180.1432415350289 -31.99415338981565, 180.2185071362754 -31.84209171070284, 180.3159541322875 -31.70402259531952, 180.4331830546152 -31.58334576351156, 180.5673073381304 -31.4830326793815, 180.71502439784 -31.40555338398067, 180.8726969494891 -31.35281567470087, 181.0364425715709 -31.326118128971, 181.2022293034291 -31.326118128971, 181.3659749255109 -31.35281567470087, 181.52364747716 -31.40555338398067, 181.6713645368696 -31.4830326793815, 181.8054888203848 -31.58334576351156, 181.9227177427126 -31.70402259531952, 182.0201647387246 -31.84209171070284, 182.0954303399711 -31.99415338981565, 182.1466612575572 -32.15646336945441, 182.1725960162662 -32.32502503924448, 182.1725960162662 -32.49568785145152, 182.1466612575572 -32.66424952124159, 182.0954303399711 -32.82655950088036, 182.0201647387246 -32.97862117999316, 181.9227177427126 -33.11669029537648, 181.8054888203848 -33.23736712718444, 181.6713645368696 -33.3376802113145, 181.52364747716 -33.41515950671533, 181.3659749255109 -33.46789721599513, 181.2022293034292 -33.494594761725, 181.0364425715709 -33.494594761725))
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	Female character in the tale "Otbah and Rayya."
Last Updated	Aug 29, 2014 12:28 PM

Rayya

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