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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kasim

Basic Info

Feature Name	Kasim
Clean Name	Kasim
Feature ID	14610
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	40.67 °
Southmost Latitude	38.73 °
Eastmost Longitude	171.43 °
Westmost Longitude	174.67 °
Diameter	10.53 km
Center Latitude	42.35 °
Center Longitude	173.05 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((186.82083993995303 41.36348197148151, 186.56920144719447 41.38770045939361, 186.3268958347332 41.43554109566885, 186.09988947091432 41.50582588506818, 185.89377200580594 41.59682418281473, 185.71361873546363 41.70629530881196, 185.56386563129774 41.83154372062396, 185.44820011173482 41.9694853866763, 185.36947024573834 42.1167237253486, 185.3296146238987 42.26963324008674, 185.3296146238987 42.424448791160266, 185.36947024573834 42.57735830589841, 185.44820011173482 42.72459664457071, 185.56386563129774 42.862538310623044, 185.71361873546363 42.98778672243505, 185.89377200580594 43.09725784843228, 186.09988947091432 43.18825614617883, 186.3268958347332 43.258540935578154, 186.56920144719447 43.30638157185339, 186.82083993995303 43.330600059765494, 187.07561513817694 43.330600059765494, 187.32725363093556 43.30638157185339, 187.56955924339678 43.258540935578154, 187.79656560721565 43.18825614617883, 188.0026830723241 43.09725784843228, 188.18283634266635 42.987786722435054, 188.3325894468323 42.862538310623044, 188.4482549663952 42.72459664457071, 188.52698483239163 42.57735830589841, 188.56684045423134 42.424448791160266, 188.56684045423134 42.26963324008674, 188.52698483239163 42.1167237253486, 188.4482549663952 41.9694853866763, 188.3325894468323 41.83154372062396, 188.18283634266635 41.70629530881196, 188.0026830723241 41.59682418281473, 187.79656560721565 41.50582588506818, 187.56955924339684 41.43554109566885, 187.32725363093556 41.38770045939361, 187.07561513817694 41.36348197148151, 186.82083993995303 41.36348197148151))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 17, 2009
Continent	Asia
Culture	Arabian
Origin	The greedy brother of Ali Baba in the tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves."
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 3:04 PM

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