蓋亞撞擊坑

蓋亞撞擊坑Gaea)是木星的小衛星木衛五上的撞擊坑。該撞擊坑的直徑80公里,深度至少15公里,以希臘神話的大地之神蓋亞命名[1]。蓋亞撞擊坑和潘撞擊坑是木衛五上有命名的兩個撞擊坑[2]

蓋亞撞擊坑周圍有兩個光斑艾達光斑Lyctos 光斑

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參考資料

  1. USGS/IAU. . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology. October 1, 2006 [2012-03-28].
  2. 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.
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