Planetary Names

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Samaria Rupes

Basic Info

Feature Name	Samaria Rupes
Clean Name	Samaria Rupes
Feature ID	15329
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Rupes, rupēs

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	41.26 °
Southmost Latitude	4.56 °
Eastmost Longitude	221.49 °
Westmost Longitude	229.05 °
Diameter	193.35 km
Center Latitude	26.86 °
Center Longitude	225.13 °
WKT String	LINESTRING (138.5068359375 49.2626953125, 137.9794921875 47.2412109375, 137.6279296875 45.4833984375, 136.9248046875 42.8466796875, 136.5732421875 40.7373046875, 136.5732421875 37.6611328125, 136.3095703125 34.7607421875, 135.9580078125 32.4755859375, 135.6064453125 30.4541015625, 135.3427734375 28.6083984375, 134.7275390625 26.3232421875, 134.2001953125 23.8623046875, 133.8486328125 21.4892578125, 133.3212890625 18.8525390625, 132.4423828125 16.3916015625, 132.0029296875 13.9306640625, 131.3876953125 12.8759765625, 131.2998046875 9.8876953125, 130.9482421875 6.0205078125)
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	Jun 12, 2015
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 22, 2015 4:16 PM
Additional Information	Replaces Samaria Fossa.

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