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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Ja’afar on Enceladus
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Ja’afar
Feature Name
Ja’afar
Clean Name
Ja afar
Feature ID
14608
Target
Enceladus
Feature Type
Crater, craters
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude
33.25 °
Southernmost Latitude
31.03 °
Easternmost Longitude
336.36 °
Westernmost Longitude
338.76 °
Diameter
10.15
km
Center Latitude
34.60 °
Center Longitude
337.56 °
WKT String
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kml download
Ja’afar.kml
Continent
Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Arabian
Quad
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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 17, 2009
Origin
Vizier of Harun al-Rashid in the tale "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis."
Last Updated
Aug 28, 2014 2:59 PM
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