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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name [Samaria Fossa]
Clean Name Samaria Fossa
Feature ID 15247
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Fossa, fossae

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 40.86 °
Southmost Latitude 4.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 221.83 °
Westmost Longitude 229.04 °
Diameter 190.09 km
Center Latitude 26.89 °
Center Longitude 225.17 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Dropped, disallowed
Approval Date Jul 18, 2014
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Persian
Origin Place in the tale “Khudadad and His Brothers.”
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 Jun 23, 2015 1:56 PM
Additional Information Name changed to Samaria Rupes June 12, 2015.

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