Dunyazad

Dunyazad crater (bottom) as seen by the Cassini spacecraft
Location	41°54′N 200°36′W  /  41.9°N 200.6°W  / 41.9; -200.6 [1]
Diameter	31 km
Discoverer	Voyager 2
Naming	Dunyazad ; Sister of Scheherazade

Dunyazad is a large crater on Saturn 's moon Enceladus first discovered by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is named after Dunyazad , the sister of Scheherazade in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights .

Dunyazad is located at 41°54′N 200°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, like Shoemaker-Levy 9 ). The craters to its north are Shahrazad , and Al-Haddar . ^[2] Voyager 2 discovery 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 the Cassini 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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