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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Parwez

Basic Info

Feature Name	Parwez
Clean Name	Parwez
Feature ID	14615
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	22.53 °
Southmost Latitude	19.66 °
Eastmost Longitude	23.98 °
Westmost Longitude	27.14 °
Diameter	13.49 km
Center Latitude	22.95 °
Center Longitude	25.56 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((334.3174079979763 21.416015714783818, 334.0717895648536 21.453773672316064, 333.83528073737995 21.52835986115463, 333.6137051478156 21.637937721792948, 333.41251872254276 21.77980908363403, 333.2366753390512 21.950480602905294, 333.0905048450331 22.145749780375986, 332.97760644316327 22.360808440835527, 332.90076006678413 22.590361126324634, 332.86185792872067 22.828755487884877, 332.86185792872067 23.07012146514912, 332.90076006678413 23.308515826709364, 332.97760644316327 23.53806851219847, 333.0905048450331 23.75312717265801, 333.2366753390512 23.948396350128704, 333.41251872254276 24.119067869399966, 333.6137051478156 24.26093923124105, 333.83528073737995 24.370517091879368, 334.0717895648536 24.445103280717934, 334.3174079979763 24.48286123825018, 334.56608809576363 24.48286123825018, 334.81170652888636 24.445103280717934, 335.04821535636 24.370517091879368, 335.26979094592434 24.26093923124105, 335.4709773711972 24.119067869399966, 335.64682075468875 23.948396350128704, 335.79299124870687 23.75312717265801, 335.9058896505767 23.53806851219847, 335.9827360269558 23.308515826709364, 336.0216381650193 23.07012146514912, 336.0216381650193 22.828755487884877, 335.9827360269558 22.590361126324634, 335.9058896505767 22.360808440835527, 335.79299124870687 22.145749780375986, 335.6468207546888 21.950480602905294, 335.4709773711972 21.77980908363403, 335.26979094592434 21.637937721792948, 335.04821535636 21.52835986115463, 334.81170652888636 21.453773672316064, 334.56608809576363 21.416015714783818, 334.3174079979763 21.416015714783818))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Nov 17, 2009
Continent	Asia
Ethnicity	Arabian
Origin	Second prince, brother of Bahman and Perizadah in the tale "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette."
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 3:15 PM

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