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Shahrazad (crater)
Shahrazad is a large crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus first discovered by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft. It is located at 47.3° North Latitude, 199.7° West Longitude and is approximately 20 kilometers across. Shahrazad is the middle crater of a prominent crater triplet on Enceladus' anti-Saturnian hemisphere (there is no evidence that the impacts are related or were formed from break-up of a single body, like Shoemaker-Levy 9). ''Voyager'' images revealed very little about this crater, however, higher resolution views of Shahrazad taken by the ''Cassini'' Spacecraft during a close flyby on March 9, 2005, reveal significant north–south fracturing that runs through all three craters of the triplet. Deep canyons mark the northern and eastern portions of Shahrazad's rim. Some evidence for viscous relaxation can be seen, but it is not nearly as significant as at Dunyazad to its immediate south or at Aladdin elsewhere on the satellite. Shahrazad is named after the Persian stor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunyazad (crater)
Dunyazad is a large crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus first discovered by the ''Voyager 2'' spacecraft. It is named after Dunyazad, the sister of Scheherazade in ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights ''One Thousand and One Nights'' ( ar, أَلْفُ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَيْلَةٌ, italic=yes, ) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age. It is often known in English as the ''Arabian ...''. Dunyazad is located at and is approximately 31 kilometers across, making it one of the largest craters on Enceladus. It is the southernmost crater of a prominent crater triplet on Enceladus' anti-Saturnian hemisphere (there is no evidence that the impacts are related or were formed from break-up of a single body, like Shoemaker-Levy 9). The craters to its north are Shahrazad, and Al-Haddar. ''Voyager 2'' discovery images of this crater revealed an up-domed floor at Dunyazad, suggesting that the crater had been modified ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |