Daryabar Fossa

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Voyager 2 view of Daryabar Fossa (southern of the two east-west set of grooves)

Daryabar Fossa is an east-west trending trough on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Daryabar Fossa was first seen in Voyager 2 images, though a small section was see at much higher resolution by Cassini. It is centered at 9.7° North Latitude, 359.1° West Longitude and is approximately 201 kilometers long. Based on limb profiles of Voyager 2 images, Daryabar Fossa was determined to be a 400-meter deep and 4 kilometers wide (Kargel and Pozio 1996). Daryabar Fossa runs perpendicular to the scarp Isbanir Fossa and is right-laterally offset 15-20 km by the scarp, suggesting Isbanir is a strike-slip or transform fault (Rothery 1999).

Daryabar Fossa is named for the land from which Princess Daryabar came in Arabian Nights.

[edit] References

• Jeff Kargel and Stefania Poxio (1996). "The Volcanic and Tectonic History of Enceladus". Icarus 119: 385-404.
• Rothery, David A. (1999). Satellites of the Outer Planets: Worlds in their own right. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-512555-X.

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