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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Fars Sulcus
Clean Name Fars Sulcus
Feature ID 16504
Target Enceladus
Feature Type Sulcus, sulci

Location


Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -60.58 °
Southmost Latitude -64.79 °
Eastmost Longitude 263.45 °
Westmost Longitude 319.88 °
Diameter 112.00 km
Center Latitude -64.06 °
Center Longitude 290.14 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Sep 03, 2026
Continent Asia
Ethnicity Arabian
Origin Persian city where fictional King Yunan reigned in the tale "The Tale of the Wizier and the Sage Duban."
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 Sep 03, 2026 10:41 PM

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