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 17.3° South Latitude, 180.8° West Longitude, and is 8.5 kilometers across.[1] Behram appears to have formed after Shakashik, based on the superposition of the larger crater's southern rim on Shakashik's northern rim. Following the formation of Behram, north-south trending fractures cut across both craters, forming several canyons within the western half of Shakashik.
 Shakashik (labeled) as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on July 14, 2005 | |
| Location | 17.27°S 180.82°W[1] |
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| Diameter | 8.5 km[1] |
| Discoverer | Cassini |
| Naming | Shakashik; Barber's sixth brother |
Shakashik is named after one of the barber's six brothers in "The Hunchback's Tale" from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
References
- "Enceladus: Shakashik". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
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