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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kamar

Basic Info

Feature Name	Kamar
Clean Name	Kamar
Feature ID	14609
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	-36.13 °
Southmost Latitude	-39.87 °
Eastmost Longitude	29.33 °
Westmost Longitude	35.18 °
Diameter	19.55 km
Center Latitude	-40.62 °
Center Longitude	32.25 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((327.5147223910255 -42.51920067903514, 327.05960588259234 -42.47232472127937, 326.6213689375677 -42.37972704742015, 326.21080240396304 -42.24368771950198, 325.8380157924281 -42.06755647726683, 325.5121883465466 -41.85567025644459, 325.2413430193954 -41.61324639900202, 325.0321489218132 -41.34625418486795, 324.88975710675777 -41.061267848450726, 324.8176737332871 -40.765304699168375, 324.8176737332871 -40.46565233200163, 324.88975710675777 -40.16968918271928, 325.0321489218132 -39.884702846302055, 325.2413430193954 -39.617710632167984, 325.5121883465466 -39.37528677472542, 325.8380157924281 -39.16340055390318, 326.21080240396304 -38.98726931166803, 326.6213689375677 -38.85122998374986, 327.05960588259234 -38.758632309890636, 327.5147223910255 -38.71175635213487, 327.9755119839845 -38.71175635213487, 328.43062849241767 -38.758632309890636, 328.8688654374423 -38.85122998374986, 329.27943197104696 -38.98726931166802, 329.6522185825819 -39.16340055390318, 329.9780460284634 -39.37528677472542, 330.2488913556146 -39.617710632167984, 330.4580854531968 -39.884702846302055, 330.60047726825223 -40.16968918271928, 330.6725606417229 -40.46565233200163, 330.6725606417229 -40.765304699168375, 330.60047726825223 -41.061267848450726, 330.4580854531968 -41.34625418486795, 330.2488913556146 -41.61324639900202, 329.9780460284634 -41.85567025644459, 329.6522185825819 -42.06755647726683, 329.27943197104696 -42.243687719501985, 328.8688654374423 -42.37972704742015, 328.43062849241767 -42.47232472127937, 327.9755119839845 -42.51920067903514, 327.5147223910255 -42.51920067903514))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 17, 2009
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	Kamar al-Akmár; Prince, son of Sabur (King of Persia) in the tale "The Ebony Horse."
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 2:56 PM

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