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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Shirin on Enceladus

Shirin

Feature Name	Shirin
Clean Name	Shirin
Feature ID	14240
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters
Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network	UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude	-1.20 °
Southernmost Latitude	-2.93 °
Easternmost Longitude	171.81 °
Westernmost Longitude	173.83 °
Diameter	8.84 km
Center Latitude	-2.27 °
Center Longitude	172.82 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((187.2590748625655 -3.221821529190119, 187.4153305517863 -3.198365828298876, 187.5657909605344 -3.152031983717341, 187.7067512541969 -3.083960888472325, 187.8347405225235 -2.995828678843774, 187.9466072449558 -2.889805462326776, 188.0395968915232 -2.768501882382863, 188.1114197485124 -2.634904835733754, 188.160307298818 -2.492303925051127, 188.1850557687027 -2.344210458021279, 188.1850557687027 -2.194270987296522, 188.160307298818 -2.046177520266673, 188.1114197485124 -1.903576609584047, 188.0395968915232 -1.769979562934937, 187.9466072449558 -1.648675982991024, 187.8347405225235 -1.542652766474026, 187.7067512541969 -1.454520556845475, 187.5657909605344 -1.386449461600459, 187.4153305517863 -1.340115617018925, 187.2590748625655 -1.316659916127682, 187.1008714265234 -1.316659916127682, 186.9446157373027 -1.340115617018925, 186.7941553285549 -1.386449461600459, 186.6531950348921 -1.454520556845475, 186.5252057665656 -1.542652766474025, 186.4133390441333 -1.648675982991024, 186.3203493975658 -1.769979562934938, 186.2485265405766 -1.903576609584047, 186.1996389902708 -2.046177520266673, 186.1748905203863 -2.194270987296522, 186.1748905203863 -2.344210458021278, 186.1996389902708 -2.492303925051126, 186.2485265405766 -2.634904835733753, 186.3203493975658 -2.768501882382863, 186.4133390441333 -2.889805462326777, 186.5252057665656 -2.995828678843774, 186.6531950348921 -3.083960888472325, 186.7941553285549 -3.152031983717341, 186.9446157373027 -3.198365828298876, 187.1008714265234 -3.221821529190119, 187.2590748625655 -3.221821529190119))
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	Wife of King Khusrau in the tale "Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman."
Last Updated	Nov 06, 2014 12:47 PM

Shirin

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