Kittu (crater)

Kittu
Galileo photo of Kittu
Feature type	Crater
Coordinates	0°24′N 334°36′W / 0.4°N 334.6°W / 0.4; -334.6Coordinates: 0°24′N 334°36′W / 0.4°N 334.6°W / 0.4; -334.6
Diameter	15.0 km
Eponym	Kittu

Kittu crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) in diameter.

The crater shows a bright white central peak and rim, and dark brownish material surrounding it. Diffuse dark rays, sprinkled thinly atop surrounding grooved terrain, emanate from the impact site. The dark material dusted over the surface is probably part of a dark impactor (asteroid or comet) which was strewn across the surface upon impact. The impactor hit grooved terrain, and a straight segment of the crater's rim was created when a portion of the rim collapsed along the trend of an older fault.

References

"Kittu". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

Ganymede

Geology

Lists	List of geological features on Ganymede List of quadrangles on Ganymede List of craters on Ganymede

Impact craters	Achelous El Gula Khensu Kittu Neith Nergal

Regions	Galileo Regio

Sulci	Uruk Sulcus

Faculae	Memphis Facula

Catenae	Enki Catena

Exploration

Past	Pioneer 10 Pioneer 11 Voyager 1 Voyager 2 Galileo Cassini–Huygens New Horizons

Planned	Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer

Proposed	Laplace-P

Cancelled	Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Other

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