Al-Medina potholes (multiple cracks above) in the image of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft . In the lower right corner you can see Mosul potholes
Rytvins of Al-Medina on the map of Enceladus
Al-Medinah Sulci Rutvins - a system of potholes (a relief of alternating furrows and ridges) on the surface of the moon of Saturn - Enceladus .
Content
Geography
The approximate coordinates of the center are [1] . The maximum size of the structures is 117.5 km . In the south-west of them is the Shiraz pothole , in the southeast, very close to Mosul potholes , and east of Kashmir potholes . In the northeast, there is a large 22-kilometer nominal Kamar crater, and in the northeast - the 7-kilometer Mayaruf crater.
Eponym
Named after the city of Medina , featured in the collection of Arabian tales, One Thousand and One Nights [1] . The official name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2010 [1] .
See also
- List of geological structures at Enceladus
Notes
- β 1 2 3 Al-Medinah Sulci (English) . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (February 4, 2010). Date of treatment March 23, 2015. Archived March 23, 2015.