Earth:Cufa Dorsa
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Short description: Ridge on Enceladus, Saturn
| Feature type | Tectonic ridge |
|---|---|
| Location | Enceladus, Saturn |
| Coordinates | [ ⚑ ] : 3°11′N 286°10′W / 3.19°N 286.17°W[1] |
| Diameter | 90 km (56 mi) |
| Naming | 7 November 2006 |
| Eponym | Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, an Arabian fairy tale |
Cufa Dorsa is a dorsum or prominent tectonic ridge on Enceladus, a moon of Saturn. The crater was named after the Cufa, the eponymous city in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman, an Arabian fairy tale.[2] The name "Cufa Dorsa" was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on 7 November 2006.[1]
Geology and characteristics
It is located at [ ⚑ ] 3°11′N 286°10′W / 3.19°N 286.17°W on Enceladus's Trailing hemisphere,[3] created through thrust faulting and compressional forces,[4] and is 90 kilometres (56 mi) in diameter.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Cufa Dorsa". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: 3.19°, Center Longitude: 286.17°; Planetographic, +West)
- ↑ Burton, Richard Francis. The Book of the thousand nights and a night: a plain and literal translation of the Arabian nights' entertainments. Harold B. Lee Library. [London?] : Privately printed by the Burton Club. http://archive.org/details/bookofthousandni1900burt.
- ↑ "Enceladus: Trailing Hemisphere - NASA Science" (in en-US). 2006-12-29. https://science.nasa.gov/resource/enceladus-trailing-hemisphere/.
- ↑ Pappalardo, Robert T.; Crow-Willard, E.; Golombek, M. (October 2010). "Thrust Faulting as the Origin of Dorsa in the Trailing Hemisphere of Enceladus" (in en). AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts #42 42: 16.02. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010DPS....42.1602P/abstract.
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