Moons of Jupiter, Part 3
39 entries in the Moons of Jupiter, Part 3 compendium.
Anzu (crater)An uplifted dome crater on Ganymede, named after a Mesopotamian mythic creature.Arbela SulcusA bright, grooved trough splitting Ganymede's dark Nicholson Regio.Barnard RegioAncient dark region on Ganymede, split by bright sulci.Bubastis SulciA bright, grooved terrain wrapping Ganymede's south pole.Buto FaculaA ghost crater on Ganymede, named after an Egyptian shrine city.Byblus SulcusA bright, grooved trough on Ganymede, younger than surrounding dark terrain.Chrysor and Aleyin (craters)Dark-floored craters on Ganymede, named after Phoenician mythological figures.Dardanus SulcusA long, bright grooved terrain on Ganymede, younger than surrounding dark regions.El (crater)A Ganymede crater with a central pit, named after a supreme deity.En-zu (crater)Second-smallest named dark crater on Ganymede.Enki CatenaA chain of thirteen overlapping craters on Ganymede.Enkidu (crater)A bright ray crater with a central dome on Ganymede.Erichthonius (crater)A deformed central-pit crater on Ganymede's far hemisphere.Eshmun (crater)A dome crater on Ganymede with a central dome and circular trench.Galileo RegioAncient dark region on Ganymede, named after Galileo Galilei.Hammamat PateraA potential cryovolcanic caldera on Ganymede's Jupiter-facing hemisphere.Harakhtes (crater)Bright dome crater on Ganymede with a central dome.Harpagia SulcusBright grooved terrain on Ganymede, namesake of the Harpagian Period.Hathor (crater)Ancient, disrupted dome crater on Ganymede being erased.Hershef (crater)A bright ray crater with a central dome on Ganymede.Humbaba (crater)Largest dark crater on Ganymede with a double halo.Isis (Ganymede crater)Bright pit crater on Ganymede, named for Egyptian goddess Isis.Khensu (crater)Dark-floored crater on Ganymede in Uruk Sulcus.Kittu (crater)A small, dark-ray crater on Ganymede with the darkest ejecta among its kind.Laplace-PCancelled Russian orbiter and lander mission to Ganymede.Lugalmeslam (crater)Ancient pit crater on Ganymede with tectonically deformed rim.Marius RegioAncient dark region on Ganymede, crisscrossed by bright sulci.Menhit (crater)A degraded dome crater on Ganymede's far side.Mir (crater)Small Ganymede crater with bright floor and dark rays.Musa PateraA potential cryovolcano caldera on Ganymede.Nanshe CatenaA bright ray crater chain on Ganymede's Jupiter-facing hemisphere.Natrun and Rum PateraePotential cryovolcanic calderas on Ganymede's far side.Neith (crater)An ancient anomalous dome crater on Ganymede.Nergal (crater)A small dark-ray crater on Ganymede with a double impact origin.Nicholson RegioDark, ancient region on Ganymede with the moon's oldest surface.Nidaba (crater)An ancient Ganymede crater fading into a ghost crater.Ninki (crater)Crater on Ganymede with disputed basin boundaries.Nippur SulcusA bright grooved trough on Ganymede, younger than surrounding dark terrain.Nun SulciA chaotic grooved terrain on Ganymede, named after Egyptian chaos.
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