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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Al-Medinah Sulci

Basic Info

Feature Name Al-Medinah Sulci
Clean Name Al Medinah Sulci
Feature ID 14631
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -48.10 °
Southmost Latitude -53.20 °
Eastmost Longitude -0.00 °
Westmost Longitude 360.00 °
Diameter 117.50 km
Center Latitude -50.70 °
Center Longitude 358.60 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 04, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Place in the tale "The Lovers of Al-Medinah."
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 Feb 04, 2010 1:43 PM

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