Al-Bakbuk

Al-Bakbuk

Al-Bakbuk (center) as seen
by the Cassini spacecraft on March 9, 2005
Location5°39′N 191°11′W / 5.65°N 191.19°W / 5.65; -191.19[1]
Diameter9 km[1]
DiscovererCassini
NamingAl-Bakbuk; The Barber's first brother

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.

  1. ^ a b c "Al-Bakbuk". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.