Al-Kuz
 Al-Kuz (left center) as seen by the Cassini spacecraft on July 14, 2005 | |
| Location | 18°40′S 178°14′W / 18.66°S 178.23°W[1] |
|---|---|
| Diameter | 9.3 km[1] |
| Discoverer | Cassini |
| Naming | Al-Kuz; Barber's fourth brother |
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 18.7° South Latitude, 178.2° West Longitude, and is 9.3 kilometers across.[1] Since the crater's formation, numerous southwest-northeast trending fractures cut across the crater, forming canyons several hundred meters deep along the crater's rim. In addition, a smaller impact occurred along the northern crater wall, forming a crater 4 kilometers wide.
Al-Kuz is named after one of the barber's six brothers in the "The Hunchback's Tale" in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
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