Dylan (crater)

Crater on Europa

Dylan (crater)

position

55 ° 18 ′ S , 84 ° 24 ′ W Coordinates: 55 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 84 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W

Dylan is an impact crater on Europa , a moon on the planet Jupiter .

Located in the south of the leading hemisphere of Europe, southeast of the Sarpedon Linea and Balor and Uaithne craters , the crater has an average diameter of 5.3 km. It is assumed that the depth of the Europa crater is 1/4 to 1/3 of the diameter.

Dylan was named after the Welsh sea god Dylan Eil Ton in 2000 .

Web links

Dylan in the IAU's Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (WGPSN) / USGS

Individual evidence

↑ Jeffrey Moore et al .: Impact Features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Europa Mission (GEM) . Icarus 151, 93–111 (2001), page 97 ( PDF , 2.6 MB; English)

[1] Jeffrey Moore et al .: Impact Features on Europa: Results of the Galileo Europa Mission (GEM) . Icarus 151, 93–111 (2001), page 97 ( PDF , 2.6 MB; English)