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Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Samad on Enceladus
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Samad
Feature Name
Samad
Clean Name
Samad
Feature ID
5288
Target
Enceladus
Feature Type
Crater, craters
Coordinate System
Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Control Network
UNKNOWN
Northernmost Latitude
61.19 °
Southernmost Latitude
57.62 °
Easternmost Longitude
-1.84 °
Westernmost Longitude
4.29 °
Diameter
14.98
km
Center Latitude
61.69 °
Center Longitude
1.23 °
WKT String
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Continent
Asia
Ethnic/Cultural
Group or Country
Arabian
Quad
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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.
Approval Status
Adopted by IAU
Approval Date
1982
Origin
Shayk who guides Musa and Talib to the mountains in "The City of Brass".
Last Updated
Aug 29, 2014 12:33 PM
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