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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

Control Network
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 °
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Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 07, 2006
Continent	Asia
Culture	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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