Lyctos Facula [SEP] located on astronomical body
Lyctos Facula
Lyctos Facula is a bright mountain on one of Jupiter's smallest moons Amalthea. It is believed to have a width of 25 kilometers . It is one of two named faculae that appear on Amalthea, the other being Ida Facula. It was discovered by "Voyager 1" in 1979 and in the same year named for the region of Crete in which Zeus was raised. Firstly it was named simply "Lyctos".
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