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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Samaria Rupes

Basic Info

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

Location


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 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jun 12, 2015
Continent Asia
Culture 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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