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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Al-Yaman Sulci
Clean Name Al Yaman Sulci
Feature ID 14632
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 13.00 °
Southmost Latitude 7.90 °
Eastmost Longitude 170.20 °
Westmost Longitude 214.00 °
Diameter 177.90 km
Center Latitude 9.70 °
Center Longitude 191.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 04, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Place in the tale "The Man of Al-Yaman and His Six Slave-Girls."
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 1:46 PM

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