Planetary Names

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)

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 °
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