Duban (crater)
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Duban is a
crater Crater may refer to: Landforms *Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet *Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surfac ...
in the northern hemisphere of
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's moon Enceladus. Duban was first seen in '' Voyager 2'' images, though the crater has also been seen in much higher resolution '' Cassini'' images. It is located at and is 19 kilometers across. In the ''Cassini'' image, evidence for significant tectonic deformation can be seen along the northwest rim of the crater. Duban is named after a sage who cured
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of leprosy in ''
Arabian 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 ...
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