Lyctos Facula

Amalthea (photo by Voyager 1). Lyctos Facula is the lower bright spot

Lyctos Facula is a bright mountain on one of Jupiter's smallest moons Amalthea. It is believed to have a width of 25 kilometers[1] and height of 20 kilometers (65,617 feet), almost two and a half times higher than Mt. Everest (29,029 feet). It is one of two named faculae that appear on Amalthea, the other being Ida Facula.[1] It was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979 and in the same year named for the region of Crete in which Zeus was raised.[2] Firstly it was named simply Lyctos.[1][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Thomas, P. C.; Burns, J. A.; Rossier, L.; Simonelli, D.; Veverka, J.; Chapman, C. R.; Klaasen, K.; Johnson, T. V.; Belton, M. J. S.; Galileo Solid State Imaging Team (September 1998). "The Small Inner Satellites of Jupiter". Icarus 135 (1): 360–371. Bibcode:1998Icar..135..360T. doi:10.1006/icar.1998.5976.
  2. ↑ USGS/IAU (October 1, 2006). "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Lyctos Facula on Amalthea". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  3. ↑ Ververka J., Thomas P., Davies M. E., Morrison D. (September 1981). "Amalthea: Voyager imaging results". Journal of Geophysical Research 86 (A10): 8675–8682. Bibcode:1981JGR....86.8675V. doi:10.1029/JA086iA10p08675.


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