 Dunyazad crater (bottom) as seen by theCassini spacecraft | |
| Location | 41°54′N200°36′W / 41.9°N 200.6°W /41.9; -200.6[1] |
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| Diameter | 31 km |
| Discoverer | Voyager 2 |
| Naming | Dunyazad; Sister ofScheherazade |
Dunyazad is a largecrater onSaturn's moonEnceladus first discovered by theVoyager 2 spacecraft. It is named afterDunyazad, the sister ofScheherazade inThe Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
Dunyazad is located at41°54′N200°36′W / 41.9°N 200.6°W /41.9; -200.6[1] 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, likeShoemaker-Levy 9). The craters to its north areShahrazad, andAl-Haddar.[2]Voyager 2discovery images of this crater revealed an up-domed floor at Dunyazad, suggesting that the crater had been modified by viscous relaxation. Higher resolution views of Dunyazad taken by theCassini Spacecraft during a close flyby on March 9, 2005 reveal not only an up-domed floor, but numerous tectonic fractures as well, particularly within the dome and northeastern crater rim.
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