 Khusrau (center) as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on March 9, 2005 | |
| Location | 3°46′S 185°28′W / 3.77°S 185.47°W [1] |
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| Diameter | 12.3 km [1] |
| Discoverer | Cassini |
| Naming | Khosrau II; Sassanid ruler |
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 3.8° South Latitude, 185.5° West Longitude, and is 12.3 kilometers across. [1] Since the crater's formation, numerous criss-crossing fractures cut across the crater, forming canyons several hundred meters deep along the crater's rim.
Khusrau is named after Sassanid ruler Khosrau II, one of the main characters from " Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman", in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
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