Al-Bakbuk
Crater on Enceladus
5°39′N 191°11′W / 5.65°N 191.19°W / 5.65; -191.19[1]Al-Bakbuk is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Al-Bakbuk was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 5°39′N 191°11′W / 5.65°N 191.19°W / 5.65; -191.19[1] and is 9 kilometers across. Since the crater's formation, numerous north–south trending fractures cut across the crater, forming canyons several hundred meters deep along the crater's rim.
Al-Bakbuk is named after one of the barber's six brothers in "The Hunchback's Tale" in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
References
- ^ a b c "Al-Bakbuk". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
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