Feature type | Mountain, bright feature |
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Location | Amalthea |
Coordinates | 20°00′N 175°00′W / 20.00°N 175.00°W [1] |
Discoverer | Voyager 1 |
Eponym | Mount Ida |
Ida Facula is a bright mountain on Amalthea, one of Jupiter's smallest moons. It is known to be about 15 kilometers in width, somewhat smaller than the neighboring mountain Lyctos Facula. [2] It was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979 and in the same year named for Mount Ida, a mountain in Crete where Zeus played as a child. [3] Firstly it was called simply Ida. [2] [4]
Feature type | Mountain, bright feature |
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Location | Amalthea |
Coordinates | 20°00′N 175°00′W / 20.00°N 175.00°W [1] |
Discoverer | Voyager 1 |
Eponym | Mount Ida |
Ida Facula is a bright mountain on Amalthea, one of Jupiter's smallest moons. It is known to be about 15 kilometers in width, somewhat smaller than the neighboring mountain Lyctos Facula. [2] It was discovered by Voyager 1 in 1979 and in the same year named for Mount Ida, a mountain in Crete where Zeus played as a child. [3] Firstly it was called simply Ida. [2] [4]