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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Ja’afar

Basic Info

Feature Name Ja’afar
Clean Name Ja afar
Feature ID 14608
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Crater, craters

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 33.25 °
Southmost Latitude 31.03 °
Eastmost Longitude 336.36 °
Westmost Longitude 338.76 °
Diameter 10.15 km
Center Latitude 34.60 °
Center Longitude 337.56 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Nov 17, 2009
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Vizier of Harun al-Rashid in the tale "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis."
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 2:59 PM

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