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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Cairo Sulcus

Basic Info

Feature Name Cairo Sulcus
Clean Name Cairo Sulcus
Feature ID 14249
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -69.43 °
Southmost Latitude -71.83 °
Eastmost Longitude 55.65 °
Westmost Longitude 204.86 °
Diameter 165.00 km
Center Latitude -81.62 °
Center Longitude 154.48 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 07, 2006
Continent Asia
Culture Arabian
Origin City in the "Tale of Nur Al-Din Ali and his son Badr Al-Din Hassan."
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 1:28 PM

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