&sq=&lang=&file=File:Europa_Pwyll.jpg) A combination of color and high resolution black and white data from NASA's Galileo spacecraft was used to produce this view looking down on Pwyll crater with the sun illuminating the scene from the right. The Conamara Chaos region is just below the "X" formed by lineae near the top. | |
| Feature type | Impact crater |
|---|---|
| Location | Europa |
| Coordinates | 25°12′S 271°24′W / 25.2°S 271.4°W[1] |
| Diameter | 45 km[1] |
| Eponym | Pwyll of Welsh mythology |
Pwyll (Welsh pronunciation: [pʊ̯iɬ]) is an impact crater on the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. It is thought to be one of the youngest features on the moon. The crater was first observed from Voyager images in 1986,[2] and the name was officially recognized by the IAU in 1997, after Pwyll of Welsh mythology.
- ^ a b "Pwyll". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
- ^ Fanale, Fraser P.; Granahan, James C.; Greeley, Ronald; et al. (25 September 2000). "Tyre and Pwyll: Galileo orbital remote sensing of mineralogy versus morphology at two selected sites on Europa". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 105 (E9): 22647–22655. doi:10.1029/1999JE001102.