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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Samad

Basic Info

Feature Name	Samad
Clean Name	Samad
Feature ID	5288
Target	Enceladus
Feature Type	Crater, craters

Location

Control Network
UNKNOWN

Coordinate System	Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude	61.19 °
Southmost Latitude	57.62 °
Eastmost Longitude	-1.84 °
Westmost Longitude	4.29 °
Diameter	14.98 km
Center Latitude	61.69 °
Center Longitude	1.23 °
WKT String	POLYGON ((358.5304477403851 59.99007778725988, 358.0538273233474 60.0319956293801, 357.59488401624066 60.114799157230216, 357.1649185264323 60.23644947314537, 356.7745180312543 60.39395114261352, 356.4332954865632 60.58342595181427, 356.1496529238623 60.80020840211422, 355.9305745644004 61.038960590127346, 355.78145484446713 61.293803644611664, 355.7059655864674 61.55846248379014, 355.7059655864674 61.82642032868986, 355.78145484446713 62.09107916786834, 355.9305745644004 62.345922222352655, 356.1496529238623 62.58467441036578, 356.4332954865632 62.80145686066573, 356.7745180312543 62.99093166986649, 357.1649185264323 63.14843333933462, 357.59488401624066 63.27008365524979, 358.0538273233474 63.3528871830999, 358.5304477403851 63.39480502522012, 359.0130092908748 63.39480502522012, 359.4896297079126 63.3528871830999, 359.94857301501935 63.27008365524979, 360.3785385048277 63.14843333933462, 360.76893900000573 62.99093166986649, 361.1101615446968 62.80145686066573, 361.3938041073977 62.58467441036578, 361.6128824668596 62.345922222352655, 361.76200218679287 62.09107916786834, 361.8374914447926 61.82642032868986, 361.8374914447926 61.55846248379014, 361.76200218679287 61.293803644611664, 361.6128824668596 61.038960590127346, 361.3938041073977 60.80020840211422, 361.1101615446968 60.58342595181427, 360.76893900000573 60.39395114261352, 360.3785385048277 60.23644947314537, 359.94857301501935 60.114799157230216, 359.4896297079126 60.0319956293801, 359.0130092908749 59.99007778725988, 358.5304477403851 59.99007778725988))
Quad	-

Status and Origin

Approval Status	Adopted by IAU
Approval Date	1982
Continent	Asia
Culture	Arabian
Origin	Shayk who guides Musa and Talib to the mountains in "The City of Brass".
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	Aug 29, 2014 12:33 PM

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