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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Khorasan Fossa
Clean Name Khorasan Fossa
Feature ID 14246
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 10.78 °
Southmost Latitude -50.50 °
Eastmost Longitude 240.45 °
Westmost Longitude 251.82 °
Diameter 290.00 km
Center Latitude -19.00 °
Center Longitude 236.87 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Place (province) in the tale "Ali Shar and Zumurrud."
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 2:30 PM

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