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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Kaukabán Fossae

Basic Info

Feature Name Kaukabán Fossae
Clean Name Kaukaban Fossae
Feature ID 14640
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 41.60 °
Southmost Latitude 22.80 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.60 °
Westmost Longitude 267.90 °
Diameter 83.40 km
Center Latitude 33.00 °
Center Longitude 266.00 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Feb 04, 2010
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Place in the tale "How Abu Hasan Brake Wind."
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 2:09 PM

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