Sharrkan (crater)
Sharrkan is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Sharrkan was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 16.4° North Latitude, 298.3° West Longitude.[1] At only 3.6 kilometers across, Sharrkan is the smallest named crater on Enceladus, though numerous, smaller, unnamed craters have been observed. The crater has a basic bowl-shape typical of small, simple craters.
 Sharrkan (center) as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on February 17, 2005 | |
| Location | 16.07°N 302.21°W[1] |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 3.6 km[1] |
| Discoverer | Cassini |
| Naming | Sharrkan; Son of King Omar |
Sharrkan is named after one of the sons of King Omar in "The Tale of King Omar and his Sons" in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
See also
References
- "Enceladus: Sharrkan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
| Geography |
|  | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exploration |
| |||||||||||||
| Other | ||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.