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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Ebony Dorsum
Clean Name Ebony Dorsum
Feature ID 14244
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Dorsum, dorsa

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 11.25 °
Southmost Latitude 0.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 275.18 °
Westmost Longitude 286.80 °
Diameter 70.00 km
Center Latitude 5.74 °
Center Longitude 280.54 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin City in the "Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman."
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 Jul 15, 2008 2:25 PM

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