Planetary Names

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Ja’afar

Basic Info

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

Location

Control Network
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 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((22.34178082605503 33.44493760217327, 22.15515897735888 33.47335141870006, 21.975458642758824 33.5294794092907, 21.807104640883928 33.611939516538726, 21.654242405995255 33.71870129893429, 21.52063591363644 33.84713592707277, 21.409574999063874 33.9940809141593, 21.323794350584382 34.15591798692935, 21.26540617245318 34.32866217954489, 21.235848175395112 34.508059956678615, 21.235848175395112 34.68969394967039, 21.26540617245318 34.869091726804115, 21.323794350584382 35.041835919419654, 21.409574999063874 35.20367299218971, 21.52063591363644 35.35061797927624, 21.654242405995255 35.479052607414715, 21.807104640883928 35.58581438981028, 21.975458642758824 35.668274497058306, 22.15515897735888 35.724402487648945, 22.34178082605503 35.75281630417574, 22.53072893956997 35.75281630417574, 22.717350788266117 35.724402487648945, 22.897051122866174 35.668274497058306, 23.06540512474107 35.58581438981028, 23.218267359629742 35.479052607414715, 23.351873851988557 35.35061797927624, 23.462934766561123 35.20367299218971, 23.548715415040615 35.041835919419654, 23.607103593171818 34.869091726804115, 23.636661590229885 34.68969394967039, 23.636661590229885 34.508059956678615, 23.607103593171818 34.32866217954489, 23.548715415040615 34.15591798692935, 23.462934766561123 33.9940809141593, 23.351873851988557 33.84713592707277, 23.218267359629742 33.71870129893429, 23.06540512474107 33.611939516538726, 22.897051122866174 33.5294794092907, 22.717350788266117 33.47335141870006, 22.53072893956997 33.44493760217327, 22.34178082605503 33.44493760217327))
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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