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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Bahman

Basic Info

Feature Name	Bahman
Clean Name	Bahman
Feature ID	14604
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	14.55 °
Southmost Latitude	12.34 °
Eastmost Longitude	60.23 °
Westmost Longitude	62.52 °
Diameter	10.56 km
Center Latitude	14.70 °
Center Longitude	61.37 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((298.5366089197977 13.502552276955111, 298.358415154591 13.532110274013181, 298.1868303189729 13.590498452144384, 298.02607940105366 13.676279100623876, 297.88012062193417 13.78734001519644, 297.7525479711657 13.920946507555259, 297.6465027107997 14.07380874244393, 297.56459602709026 14.242162744318824, 297.508844734423 14.42186307891888, 297.4806216146514 14.608484927615033, 297.4806216146514 14.797433041129969, 297.508844734423 14.984054889826119, 297.56459602709026 15.163755224426179, 297.6465027107997 15.332109226301071, 297.7525479711657 15.484971461189744, 297.88012062193417 15.61857795354856, 298.02607940105366 15.729638868121125, 298.1868303189729 15.815419516600617, 298.358415154591 15.87380769473182, 298.5366089197977 15.90336569178989, 298.7170238927023 15.90336569178989, 298.895217657909 15.87380769473182, 299.06680249352706 15.815419516600617, 299.2275534114463 15.729638868121125, 299.3735121905658 15.61857795354856, 299.50108484133426 15.484971461189744, 299.60713010170025 15.332109226301071, 299.6890367854097 15.163755224426179, 299.74478807807697 14.98405488982612, 299.7730111978486 14.79743304112997, 299.7730111978486 14.608484927615033, 299.74478807807697 14.421863078918882, 299.6890367854097 14.242162744318824, 299.60713010170025 14.07380874244393, 299.50108484133426 13.920946507555259, 299.3735121905658 13.78734001519644, 299.2275534114463 13.676279100623876, 299.06680249352706 13.590498452144384, 298.895217657909 13.532110274013181, 298.7170238927023 13.502552276955111, 298.5366089197977 13.502552276955111))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 17, 2009
Continent	Asia
Culture	Arabian
Origin	Oldest Prince, brother of Parwez and Perizadah in the tale "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette."
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 2:24 PM

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