Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kamar

Basic Info

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

Location


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 °
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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