Pwyll (crater)

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Coordinates: 25 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 88 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W.

Crater on Europa
Pwyll (crater)
Color and black-and-white images were combined to create this photo. It shows the crater from above, illuminated by the sun from the right. Conamara Chaos is above the "X" that is created by the lineae (above center).
Color and black- and -white images were combined to create this photo . It shows the crater from above, illuminated by the sun from the right. Conamara Chaos is above the "X" that is created by the lineae (above center).
Pwyll (crater) (Europe)
Pwyll (crater)
position 25 ° 12 ′  N , 88 ° 36 ′  W Coordinates: 25 ° 12 ′ 0 ″  N , 88 ° 36 ′ 0 ″  W

The impact crater Pwyll was named after Pwyll from Welsh mythology and is one of the most recent appearances on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa .

Pwyll's noticeably darker center has a diameter of around 26 km with a peak that is around 600 m high. Luminous lines of rubble radiate hundreds of kilometers from the center outwards. The white debris or spit lies on the surface. This shows that the crater is younger than its surroundings. Due to the light white color, it is assumed that the rubble is interspersed with ice particles.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pwyll in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature of the IAU (WGPSN) / USGS
  2. ^ Red-Blue Three dimensional view of Pwyll crater. In: Jet Propulsion Laboratory. January 18, 1999, accessed December 15, 2012 .
  3. ^ Astronomy Picture of the Day. In: NASA. April 17, 1997, accessed December 15, 2012 .

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