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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Ja’afar on Enceladus

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	POLYGON ((22.34178082605503 33.44493760217327, 22.15515897735888 33.47335141870006, 21.97545864275882 33.5294794092907, 21.80710464088393 33.61193951653873, 21.65424240599526 33.71870129893429, 21.52063591363644 33.84713592707277, 21.40957499906387 33.9940809141593, 21.32379435058438 34.15591798692935, 21.26540617245318 34.32866217954489, 21.23584817539511 34.50805995667861, 21.23584817539511 34.68969394967039, 21.26540617245318 34.86909172680411, 21.32379435058438 35.04183591941965, 21.40957499906387 35.20367299218971, 21.52063591363644 35.35061797927624, 21.65424240599526 35.47905260741472, 21.80710464088393 35.58581438981028, 21.97545864275882 35.66827449705831, 22.15515897735888 35.72440248764894, 22.34178082605503 35.75281630417574, 22.53072893956997 35.75281630417574, 22.71735078826612 35.72440248764894, 22.89705112286617 35.66827449705831, 23.06540512474107 35.58581438981028, 23.21826735962974 35.47905260741472, 23.35187385198856 35.35061797927624, 23.46293476656112 35.20367299218971, 23.54871541504061 35.04183591941965, 23.60710359317182 34.86909172680411, 23.63666159022988 34.68969394967039, 23.63666159022988 34.50805995667861, 23.60710359317182 34.32866217954489, 23.54871541504061 34.15591798692935, 23.46293476656112 33.9940809141593, 23.35187385198856 33.84713592707277, 23.21826735962974 33.71870129893429, 23.06540512474107 33.61193951653873, 22.89705112286617 33.5294794092907, 22.71735078826612 33.47335141870006, 22.53072893956997 33.44493760217327, 22.34178082605503 33.44493760217327))
kml download	Ja’afar.kml
Continent	Asia
Ethnic/Cultural Group or Country	Arabian
Quad	-
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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