Kittu (crater)

Crater on Ganymede

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Kittu

Galileo photo of Kittu

Feature type| Crater
Coordinates| 0°24′N 334°36′W﻿ / ﻿0.4°N 334.6°W﻿ / 0.4; -334.6
Diameter| 15.0 kilometres (9.3 mi)
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

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

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Ganymede

Geology|

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

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Impact craters|

* Achelous
* El
* Epigeus
* 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
* Juno

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Planned|

* Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (2023)
* Europa Clipper (2024)

Cancelled|

* Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter
* Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter
* Laplace-P

Other|

* Ganymede in fiction
* Life

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