Shikoku Facula [SEP] located on astronomical body
Shikoku Facula
Shikoku Facula is a region of bright material on Saturn's moon Titan.
Shikoku was first seen in "Cassini" images taken in October 2004 and has been observed several times since. Before it provisionally received an official name in August 2005, this feature was nicknamed "Great Britain" due to its shape. This feature, 200×160 kilometers across, is within Titan's Shangri-La dark region and is centered at .
Images of Shikoku reveal a complex boundary between its margin and the dark terrain around
Spot 5.
The brightest cluster of spots ("Spot 5") is located in an crater called Occator, which is located at 19.86° N latitude; 238.85 E longitude.
The spot in the center of the crater is named "Cerealia Facula", and the group of spots to the east - "Vinalia Faculae". These names were approved by International Astronomical Union 26 November 2016.
Alan Duffy of Swinburne University suggested "a meteorite strike either shook covering material off the salty ice or heated it