Shakashik is an

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on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of

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'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 ...

. Shakashik was first observed in '' Cassini'' images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 17.3° South

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, 180.8° West

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, and is 8.5 kilometers across. Behram appears to have formed after Shakashik, based on the superposition of the larger crater's southern rim on Shakashik's northern rim. Following the formation of Behram, north–south trending fractures cut across both craters, forming several canyons within the western half of Shakashik. Shakashik is named after one of the barber's six brothers in "The Hunchback's Tale" from ''

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