Ida Facula [SEP] located on astronomical body
Ida Facula
Ida Facula is a bright mountain on Amalthea, one of Jupiter's smallest moons. It is known to be about 15 kilometers in width, somewhat smaller than the neighboring mountain Lyctos Facula. It was discovered by "Voyager 1" in 1979 and in the same year named for Mount Ida, a mountain in Crete where Zeus played as a child. Firstly it was called simply "Ida".
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