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 Mount Everest (29,029 feet)[ citation needed]. 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]
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 Mount Everest (29,029 feet)[ citation needed]. 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]