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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Khusrau

Basic Info

Feature Name Khusrau
Clean Name Khusrau
Feature ID 14234
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -2.45 °
Southmost Latitude -5.02 °
Eastmost Longitude 184.46 °
Westmost Longitude 187.25 °
Diameter 12.40 km
Center Latitude -4.10 °
Center Longitude 185.86 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin King, husband of Shirin in the tale "Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman."
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 3:05 PM

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