List of geological features on Enceladus
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This is a list of named geological features on Enceladus. Geological features on Enceladus
are named after people and places from the Arabian Nights, a collection from folk tales from the Middle East
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s are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
s are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
s are named after characters in the One Thousand and One Nights.
Enceladus (moon)
Enceladus is the sixth-largest of the moons of Saturn. It was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel. Until the two Voyager spacecraft passed near it in the early 1980s very little was known about this small moon besides the identification of water ice on its surface...
are named after people and places from the Arabian Nights, a collection from folk tales from the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
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Planitiae
Enceladean plainPlain
In geography, a plain is land with relatively low relief, that is flat or gently rolling. Prairies and steppes are types of plains, and the archetype for a plain is often thought of as a grassland, but plains in their natural state may also be covered in shrublands, woodland and forest, or...
s are called planitiae. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
| Planitia | Named after |
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| Diyar Planitia Diyar Planitia Diyar Planitia is a region of relatively un-cratered terrain on Saturn's moon Enceladus. It is located at 0.5° North Latitude, 239.7° West Longitude and is approximately 311 km across.... |
Diyar |
| Sarandib Planitia Sarandib Planitia Sarandib Planitia is a region of relatively un-cratered terrain on Saturn's moon Enceladus. It is located at 4.4° North Latitude, 298.0° West Longitude and is approximately 200 km across... |
Serendib |
Dorsa
Enceladean ridgeRidge
A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:...
s are called dorsa. They are named after the locations of events in the Arabian Nights.
| Dorsum | Named after |
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| Cufa Dorsa | Cufa Cufa CUFA was Founded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1999. Celso Athayde, born in Favela do Sapo, is the great mind behind the idea that became a movement of empowerment of the impoverished, in the most intense do-it-for-yourself style, as opposed to simply being assisted by Government and non-profit... |
| Ebony Dorsum | Ebony |
Sulci
SulciSulcus (geology)
Sulcus is, in astrogeology, a long parallel groove on a planet or a moon.For example, Uruk Sulcus is a bright region of grooved terrain adjacent to Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon Ganymede....
are long, parallel grooves. Enceladean sulci are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
| Sulcus | Named after |
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| Alexandria Sulcus | Alexandria Alexandria Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
| Al-Medinah Sulci | Medina Medina Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and... , Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
| Al-Yaman Sulci | Yemen Yemen The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east.... |
| Andalús Sulci | Al-Andalus Al-Andalus Al-Andalus was the Arabic name given to a nation and territorial region also commonly referred to as Moorish Iberia. The name describes parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Muslims , at various times in the period between 711 and 1492, although the territorial boundaries... |
| Baghdad Sulcus | Baghdad Baghdad Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040... , Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
| Bulak Sulcus | Boulaq Boulaq Boulaq is a district of Cairo, Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile.The name Boulaq comes from the French 'Bon Lac', which literally means 'Good Lake'. The name was arabised into Bolaq, which in Egyptian dialect is pronounced 'Bolaa'.-History:Following the Baybars’s... , Egypt |
| Cairo Sulcus | Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
| Camphor Sulcus | Camphor Camphor Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor. It is a terpenoid with the chemical formula C10H16O. It is found in wood of the camphor laurel , a large evergreen tree found in Asia and also of Dryobalanops aromatica, a giant of the Bornean forests... |
| Cashmere Sulci | Kashmir |
| Damascus Sulcus | Damascus Damascus Damascus , commonly known in Syria as Al Sham , and as the City of Jasmine , is the capital and the second largest city of Syria after Aleppo, both are part of the country's 14 governorates. In addition to being one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, Damascus is a major... , Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... |
| Hamah Sulci | Hama Hama Hama is a city on the banks of the Orontes River in west-central Syria north of Damascus. It is the provincial capital of the Hama Governorate. Hama is the fourth-largest city in Syria—behind Aleppo, Damascus, and Homs—with a population of 696,863... , Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... |
| Harran Sulci Harran Sulci Harran Sulci is a region of grooved terrain on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The feature is centered at 26.7° North Latitude, 237.6° West Longitude and is approximately 276 kilometers long... |
Harran Harran Harran was a major ancient city in Upper Mesopotamia whose site is near the modern village of Altınbaşak, Turkey, 24 miles southeast of Şanlıurfa... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
| Labtayt Sulci Labtayt Sulci Labtayt Sulci is a system of deep fractures on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Labtayt Sulci was first seen in low-resolution, Voyager 1 images, but was observed in much more detail during a flyby by the Cassini spacecraft during its February 2005 flyby of Enceladus... |
Labtayt, possibly Leptis Magna Leptis Magna Leptis Magna also known as Lectis Magna , also called Lpqy, Neapolis, Lebida or Lebda to modern-day residents of Libya, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Khoms, Libya, east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea... |
| Láhej Sulci | Lahij Lahij Lahij or Lahej is a city and an area located between Ta'izz and Aden in Yemen. From the 18th to the 20th century, its rulers were of the Al-Abdali family who with Al-Sallami, Al-Ramada, Al-Sindi and al-Aqrabi, claims relation to Ahl al-Bayt... , Yemen Yemen The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east.... |
| Makran Sulci | Makran Makran The present day Makran is a semi-desert coastal strip in the south of Sindh, Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan, along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The present day Makran derived its name from Maka, a satrap of Achaemenid Empire.... |
| Misr Sulci | Egypt |
| Mosul Sulci | Mosul Mosul Mosul , is a city in northern Iraq and the capital of the Ninawa Governorate, some northwest of Baghdad. The original city stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial... , Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
| Samarkand Sulci Samarkand Sulci Samarkand Sulci is a region of grooved terrain on the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. The feature is centered at 30.5° North Latitude, 326.8° West Longitude and is approximately 383 kilometers long. Samarkand Sulci consists of three parts. The southern and eastern extensions bound Sarandib... |
Samarkand Samarkand Although a Persian-speaking region, it was not united politically with Iran most of the times between the disintegration of the Seleucid Empire and the Arab conquest . In the 6th century it was within the domain of the Turkic kingdom of the Göktürks.At the start of the 8th century Samarkand came... , Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan , officially the Republic of Uzbekistan is a doubly landlocked country in Central Asia and one of the six independent Turkic states. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.... |
| Shiraz Sulcus | Shiraz Shiraz Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor... , Iran |
| Sind Sulci | Sindh Sindh Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can... , Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan... |
Fossae
FossaeFossa (geology)
Fossa is a term used in planetary geology to describe a long, narrow depression on the surface of an extraterrestrial body, such as a planet or moon...
are ditches or trenches. Enceladean fossae are named after the locations of events in the One Thousand and One Nights.
| Fossa | Named after |
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| Anbar Fossae | Anbar Anbar Anbar was a town in Iraq, at lat. 33 deg. 22' N., long. 43 deg. 49' E, on the east bank of the Euphrates, just south of the Nahr 'Isa, or Sakhlawieh canal, the northernmost of the canals connecting that river with the Tigris.-History:... , Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
| Bassorah Fossa Bassorah Fossa Bassorah Fossa is a trough south of Ali Baba crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Bassorah Fossa was first seen in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 45.4 North Latitude, 6.3 West Longitude and is 131 kilometers long.... |
Basra Basra Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009... , Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
| Bishangarh Fossae | Bishangarh Bishangarh Bishangarh is a village in the Jalore district of Rajasthan state in India. Earlier this village was known as Betu . It lies 15 km north of Jalore town. The most important source of income in the village is from agriculture.There is a famous Kailash Dham Lord Shiva Temple in this village... |
| Daryabar Fossa Daryabar Fossa Daryabar Fossa is an east-west trending trough on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Daryabar Fossa was first seen in Voyager 2 images, though a small section was see at much higher resolution by Cassini. It is centered at 9.7° North Latitude, 359.1° West Longitude and is approximately 201 kilometers long... |
Daryabar |
| Isbanir Fossa Isbanir Fossa Isbanir Fossa is a north-south trending scarp on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Isbanir Fossa was first seen in Voyager 2 images, though a small section was see at much higher resolution by Cassini. It is centred at 12.6° North Latitude, 354.0° West Longitude and is approximately 132 kilometres long... |
Isbanir Isbanir Isbanir is a city referred to in the 1001 Nights as the home of Fakir Taj. It is believed to be based on the real-life Persian city of Asbanbar , which was one of the seven cities that entailed the Persian capital Ctesiphon. Isbanir is a corruption of the name Asbanbar or Aspanbar.... |
| Kaukabán Fossae | Kaukaban, Yemen |
| Khorasan Fossa | Khorasan |
Craters
Enceladean craterImpact crater
In the broadest sense, the term impact crater can be applied to any depression, natural or manmade, resulting from the high velocity impact of a projectile with a larger body...
s are named after characters in the One Thousand and One Nights.
| Crater | Named after |
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| Ahmad Ahmad (crater) Ahmad is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Ahmad was first discovered in Voyager 2 images but was seen at much higher resolution, though near the terminator, by Cassini. It is located at 57.4° North Latitude, 305.4° West Longitude and is 16 kilometers across... |
Ahmad Ahmad Ahmad or Ahmed are the principal transliterations of the Arabic given name, . The name comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root of Ḥ-M-D, meaning "highly praised", implying "one who constantly thanks God".-Etymology:... |
| Ajib | Brother of Gharib in "The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib." |
| Al-Bakbuk Al-Bakbuk (crater) 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 and is 9 kilometers across... |
Al-Bakbuk |
| Al-Fakik Al-Fakik (crater) Al-Fakik is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Al-Fakik was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 35.8° North Latitude, 303.7° West Longitude and is 18 kilometers across... |
Al-Fakik |
| Al-Haddar Al-Haddar (crater) Al-Haddar is an impact crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus, first discovered by the Voyager spacecraft. It is named after Al-Haddar, one of the barber's six brothers in "The Hunchback's Tale" from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.... |
Al-Haddar |
| Al-Kuz Al-Kuz (crater) Al-Kuz is an impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Al-Kuz was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 18.6° South Latitude, 174.7° West Longitude, and is 8.8 kilometers across... |
Al-Kuz |
| Al-Mustazi Al-Mustazi (crater) Al-Mustazi is an impact crater located on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Al-Mustazi was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 20.8° South Latitude, 198.4° West Longitude, and is ten kilometers across... |
Al-Mustazi |
| Aladdin Aladdin (crater) Aladdin is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Aladdin was first discovered in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 63.1° North Latitude, 16.9° West Longitude and is 34 kilometers across... |
Aladdin Aladdin Aladdin is a Middle Eastern folk tale. It is one of the tales in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights , and one of the most famous, although it was actually added to the collection by Antoine Galland .... |
| Ali Baba Ali Baba (crater) Ali Baba is a large crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Ali Baba was first discovered in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 57.2° North Latitude, 12.0° West Longitude and is 35 kilometers across. Ali Baba has a large dome in its interior, suggesting the crater has... |
Ali Baba Ali Baba Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves... |
| Ayyub Ayyub (crater) Ayyub is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Ayyub was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 38.5° North Latitude, 291.8° West Longitude and is 16 kilometers across... |
Ayyub |
| Aziz | Aziz |
| Bahman | Oldest prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
| Behram Behram (crater) Behram is an impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Behram was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 15.0° South Latitude, 177.0° West Longitude, and is 13 kilometers across. Behram's rim overlaps... |
Bahram Bahram Bahrām or Vahrām meaning "smiting of resistance" or "victorious", may refer to:* Bahrām, the Zoroastrian divinity that is the hypostasis of victory.-Historic people:* one of the Sassanid kings by that name:** Bahrām I, r. 273-276.... |
| Dalilah Dalilah (crater) Dalilah is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Dalilah was first discovered in Voyager 2 images but was seen at much higher resolution by Cassini. It is located at and is 16 kilometers across. Fractures have deformed the south-eastern side of Dalilah as well as... |
Dalilah |
| Duban Duban (crater) Duban is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Duban was first seen in Voyager 2 images, though the crater has also been seen in much higher resolution Cassini images. It is located at and is 19 kilometers across... |
Duban |
| Dunyazad Dunyazad (crater) Dunyazad is a large crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus first discovered by the Voyager spacecraft. It is named after Dunyazad, the sister of Scheherazade in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.... |
Dunyazad |
| Fitnah Fitnah (crater) Fitnah is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Fitnah was first observed in Cassini–Huygens images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 45.3° North Latitude, 287.0° West Longitude and is 15 kilometers across... |
Fitnah |
| Ghanim Ghanim (crater) Ghanim is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Ghanim was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 38.9° North Latitude, 278.2° West Longitude and is 17 kilometers across... |
Ghanim |
| Gharib Gharib (crater) Gharib is a crater near the north pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Gharib was first seen in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 81.3° North Latitude, 251.7° West Longitude and is 20 kilometers across... |
Gharib |
| Harun | Harun al-Rashid Harun al-Rashid Hārūn al-Rashīd was the fifth Arab Abbasid Caliph in Iraq. He was born in Rey, Iran, close to modern Tehran. His birth date remains a point of discussion, though, as various sources give the dates from 763 to 766).... |
| Hassan Hassan (crater) Hassan is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Hassan was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 31.0° South Latitude, 184.8° West Longitude, and is 15.4 kilometers across... |
Hassan |
| Hisham | Caliph in "The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth" |
| Ishak | Character in "Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant" |
| Ja’afar | Ja'far ibn Yahya Ja'far ibn Yahya Ja'far bin Yahya Barmaki, Jafar al-Barmaki was the son of a Persian Vizier of the Arab Abbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid, from whom he inherited that position. He was a member of the influential Barmakids family... |
| Jansha Jansha (crater) Jansha is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Jansha was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 30.4° South Latitude, 154.9° West Longitude, and is 9 kilometers across... |
Jansha |
| Julnar Julnar (crater) Julnar is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Julnar was first discovered in Voyager 2 and has only been seen at comparable resolution by Cassini. It is located at 54.2° North Latitude, 342.0° West Longitude and is approximately 20 kilometers across.Julnar is named... |
Julnar |
| Kamar | Kamar al-Akmár in "The Ebony Horse" |
| Kasim | Brother of Ali Baba Ali Baba Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves... |
| Khusrau Khusrau (crater) Khusrau is an impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Khusrau was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 2.9° South Latitude, 182.4° West Longitude, and is 12 kilometers across... |
Sassanid ruler Khosrau II Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II 250px|thumb|Khosrau II (Khosrow II, Chosroes II, or Xosrov II in classical sources, sometimes called Parvez, "the Ever Victorious" – (in Persian: خسرو پرویز), was the twenty-second Sassanid King of Persia, reigning from 590 to 628... |
| Ma’aruf | Hero of "Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah" |
| Marjanah Marjanah (crater) Marjanah is an impact crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Marjanah was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's February 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 38.5° North Latitude, 300.0° West Longitude and is 14.0 kilometers across... |
Marjanah |
| Masrur | Eunuch in "Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis" |
| Morgiana | Slave girl in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" |
| Musa Musa (crater) Musa is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Musa was first seen in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 73.8° North Latitude, 6.5° West Longitude and is 22 kilometers across. A large, dome-like structure occupies the interior of the crater, suggesting the crater has... |
Musa Muša Mūša is a river in Northern Lithuania and Southern Latvia , having its confluence with river Nemunėlis , in Latvia, near city Bauska. Mūša is a tributary of the river Lielupė. Mūša is 164 kilometres long.... |
| Mustafa | Mustafa in Aladdin |
| Omar | Omar Omar Omar can refer to:-Name:* Omar , including a list of people with the given name or surname Omar, Omer or Umar as well-Places:* Omar, Konar, a village in Afghanistan... |
| Otbah Otbah (crater) Otbah is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Otbah was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 39.6° South Latitude, 156.0° West Longitude, and is 9.2 kilometers across... |
Otbah |
| Parwez | Second prince in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
| Peri-Banu Peri-Banu (crater) Peri-Banu is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Peri-Banu was first discovered in Voyager 2 images but was seen at much higher resolution, though near the terminator, by Cassini. It is located at 63.1° North Latitude, 317.9° West Longitude and is 16 kilometers across... |
Peri-Banu |
| Perizadah | Youngest princess in "The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette" |
| Rayya Rayya (crater) Rayya is an impact crater on the southern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Rayya was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 32.3° South Latitude, 174.9° West Longitude, and is 8.8 kilometers across... |
Rayya Rayya Rayya mandi is a town and a nagar panchayat in Amritsar district in the Indian state of Punjab. Rayya is about 35 KM from Amritsar and 45 km from jalandhar. it is 5 km from the River Beas. RAYYA IS KNOWN FOR ITS GRAIN MARKET. it is also known for girls college, Shaheed Darshan Singh... |
| Sabur | King of Persia in "The Ebony Horse" |
| Salih Salih (crater) Salih is a small crater near the sub-Saturnian point of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Salih was first discovered in images taken by the Voyager 2 spacecraft. It is located at 6.5° South Latitude, 0° West Longitude and is 4 kilometers across... |
Salih |
| Samad Samad (crater) Samad is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Samad was first discovered in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 62.3° North Latitude, 355.1° West Longitude and is 16 kilometers across... |
Samad Samad Samad is often a male Muslim given name. Aṣ-Ṣamad is one of names of God in the Qur'an, meaning "the Eternal".People with name in its simple form include:... |
| Shahrazad Shahrazad (crater) Shahrazad is a large crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus first discovered by the Voyager spacecraft. It is located at 48.2° North Latitude, 195.1° West Longitude and is approximately 18.5 kilometers across... |
Shahrazad |
| Shahryar Shahryar (crater) Shahryar is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Shahryar was first seen in Voyager 2 images, but was seen at much higher resolution by the Cassini spacecraft. It is located at 59.7° North Latitude, 225.0° West Longitude and is 21 kilometers across... |
Shahryar |
| Shakashik Shakashik (crater) Shakashik is an impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Shakashik was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 16.9° South Latitude, 177.5° West Longitude, and is 8.5 kilometers across... |
Shakashik |
| Sharrkan 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... |
Sharrkan |
| Shirin Shirin (crater) Shirin is an impact crater located on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Shirin was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 1.6° South Latitude, 169.0° West Longitude, and is eight kilometers across... |
Shirin Shirin Shirin was a wife of the Sassanid Persian Shahanshah , Khosrau II. In the revolution after the death of Khosrau's father Hormizd IV, the General Bahram Chobin took power over the Persian empire. Shirin fled with Khosrau to Syria where they lived under the protection of Byzantine emperor Maurice... |
| Sindbad Sindbad (crater) Sindbad is a crater in the northern hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Sindbad was first seen in Voyager 2 images, though the southern rim has been seen by Cassini. It is located at 68.9° North Latitude, 211.4° West Longitude and is 23 kilometers across... |
Sindbad |
| Yunan | King of Persian city in "The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban" |
| Zaynab | Daughter of Dalilah in "The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher" |
| Zumurrud Zumurrud (crater) Zumurrud is a large impact crater on the anti-Saturn hemisphere of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Zumurrud was first observed in Cassini images during that mission's March 2005 flyby of Enceladus. It is located at 21.8° South Latitude, 178.2° West Longitude, and is 19 kilometers across... |
Zumurrud |