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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Khusrau on Enceladus

Khusrau

Feature Name	Khusrau
Clean Name	Khusrau
Feature ID	14234
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-2.45 °
Southernmost Latitude	-5.02 °
Easternmost Longitude	184.46 °
Westernmost Longitude	187.25 °
Diameter	12.40 km
Center Latitude	-4.10 °
Center Longitude	185.86 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((174.0345557702827 -5.510442428472695, 173.8178336234097 -5.475735619023864, 173.6091493638741 -5.40717659696013, 173.4136414907291 -5.30645351293905, 173.2361240566648 -5.176046503569975, 173.0809681300546 -5.01916662221962, 172.9519941647445 -4.83967677222131, 172.8523779278006 -4.64199658937466, 172.7845723015837 -4.43099361584427, 172.7502468856453 -4.211863445117176, 172.7502468856453 -3.990001789248024, 172.7845723015837 -3.770871618520931, 172.8523779278006 -3.55986864499054, 172.9519941647445 -3.362188462143891, 173.0809681300546 -3.18269861214558, 173.2361240566648 -3.025818730795225, 173.4136414907291 -2.89541172142615, 173.6091493638741 -2.79468863740507, 173.8178336234097 -2.726129615341335, 174.0345557702827 -2.691422805892505, 174.2539793859774 -2.691422805892505, 174.4707015328503 -2.726129615341335, 174.6793857923859 -2.79468863740507, 174.8748936655309 -2.89541172142615, 175.0524110995952 -3.025818730795225, 175.2075670262055 -3.18269861214558, 175.3365409915155 -3.362188462143891, 175.4361572284594 -3.55986864499054, 175.5039628546763 -3.770871618520931, 175.5382882706147 -3.990001789248024, 175.5382882706147 -4.211863445117176, 175.5039628546763 -4.430993615844269, 175.4361572284594 -4.64199658937466, 175.3365409915155 -4.839676772221309, 175.2075670262055 -5.01916662221962, 175.0524110995952 -5.176046503569974, 174.8748936655309 -5.306453512939051, 174.6793857923859 -5.40717659696013, 174.4707015328503 -5.475735619023864, 174.2539793859774 -5.510442428472695, 174.0345557702827 -5.510442428472695))
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	King, husband of Shirin in the tale "Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman."
Last Updated	Aug 28, 2014 3:05 PM

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