Ali Baba is a large crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon

Enceladus Enceladus is the sixth-largest moon of Saturn (19th largest in the Solar System). It is about in diameter, about a tenth of that of Saturn's largest moon, Titan. Enceladus is mostly covered by fresh, clean ice, making it one of the most refle ...

. Ali Baba was first discovered in ''

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'' images. It is located at 55.1° North

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, 22.3° West

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and is 39.2 kilometers across. It is located near the craters Aladdin and

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. Ali Baba has a large dome in its interior, suggesting the crater has undergone viscous relaxation. The top of the dome even reaches higher than the crater rim. This crater is named after

Ali Baba "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the '' One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

, the hero from the tale "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" in Sir Richard Burton's translation of ''

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Impact craters on Enceladus {{Enceladus