Ida Facula (Amalthea)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Facula, faculae
- IAU definition
Bright spot
- Diameter
- 50 km, 60 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 20° N, 185° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1979
- Origin of the name
Greek; mountain where Zeus played as a child.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Ida Facula.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Ida Facula.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2646
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms