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{{Short description|Fourth-largest impact crater on Tethys}} |
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|caption = Penelope crater (center) |
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|type = Peak-ring impact crater |
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|location = [[Tethys (moon)|Tethys]] |
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|coordinates = {{coord|10.83|S|110.78|E|globe:tethys_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} |
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|coordinates_footnotes = <ref name=gpn>{{gpn|4645|Penelope}} (Center Latitude: −10.83°, Center Longitude: 249.22°; Planetographic, +West)</ref> |
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|diameter = 207.5 km |
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|eponym = [[Penelope]] |
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⚫ | '''Penelope''' is the fourth-largest [[impact crater]] on [[Saturn's]] moon [[Tethys (moon)|Tethys]]. It is 208 kilometers wide, and is located near the equator in the center of trailing hemisphere of the moon at 10.8°S, 249.2°W.<ref name=gpn/> It is approximately opposite to the largest crater on Tethys—[[Odysseus (crater)|Odysseus]]. Penelope is named after [[Penelope]] of [[Greek mythology]], wife of the legendary king [[Odysseus]] from the [[Odyssey]] epic. The name was officially approved by the [[International Astronomical Union]] (IAU) in 1983.<ref name=gpn/> |
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== Geology and structure == |
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Penelope crater is named after [[Penelope|the faithful wife]] of [[Odysseus]] by [[Homer]].<ref name=usgs>{{cite web|url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/4645|title=Penelope|publisher=USGS|accessdate=2011-06-28}}</ref> |
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Penelope is a highly elliptical crater, with its shortest axis being roughly 180 kilometers and its longest axis being roughly 220 kilometers. Penelope's longest axis is aligned almost exactly north-south, deviating by only 1°.<ref name="Ferguson2022"/>{{rp|3}} Nevertheless, with an average diameter of roughly 207.5 kilometers,<ref name=gpn/> it is the fourth-largest known impact structure on Tethys.<ref name="Stephen2015EGU"/> Its western crater wall is bright, with fresh ice from Tethys's crust exposed; the eastern crater wall is comparatively much more degraded. Within Penelope's basin floor is a heavily degraded central peak ring approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. The central peak ring's northern and southeastern arcs are the best-preserved sections of this feature. Several faults cross Penelope, including a tectonic feature that crosses the basin floor yet does not continue beyond the crater rim.<ref name="Stephen2016"/>{{rp|10}} Penelope is rather deep and unrelaxed, having not been flattened out as with some of Tethys's other major impact craters. It and another nearby unrelaxed impact basin, Antinous, may represent a province of unrelaxed craters between ~120° E and ~30° E.<ref name="White2017"/>{{rp|49}} |
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The region Penelope is located in is dominated by heavily cratered terrain. To the east of Penelope is a network of roughly parallel narrow troughs that cut across a system of older, more degraded troughs. Regions to the east are especially densely cratered and rugged. Unusually, Penelope, alongside most of Tethys's other large impact craters, are all concentrated on Tethys's trailing hemisphere to the south of the equator.<ref name="Stephen2016"/>{{rp|7}} |
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<ref name="Stephen2016">{{cite journal |last1=Stephen |first1=Katrin |last2=Wagner |first2=Roland |last3=Jaumann |first3=Ralf |display-authors=et al. |title=Cassini's geological and compositional view of Tethys |date=August 2016 |journal=Icarus |volume=274 |pages=1–22 |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2016.03.002 |bibcode=2016Icar..274....1S |url=https://hal-univ-paris.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03657850/file/Stephan_Tethys_Icarus.pdf }}</ref> |
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<ref name="Stephen2015EGU">{{cite conference |last1=Stephen |first1=Katrin |last2=Wagner |first2=Roland |last3=Jaumann |first3=Ralf |display-authors=et al. |title=Tethys – Geological and Spectral Properties |date=April 2015 |conference=EGU General Assembly 2015 |location=Vienna, Austria |id=7306 |bibcode=2015EGUGA..17.7306S |url=https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1278.pdf |access-date=18 May 2024 |archive-date=18 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518083351/https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1278.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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<ref name="Ferguson2022">{{cite journal |last1=Ferguson |first1=Sierra N. |last2=Rhoden |first2=Alyssa R. |last3=Kirchoff |first3=Michelle R. |last4=Salmon |first4=Julien J. |title=A unique Saturnian impactor population from elliptical craters |date=10 June 2022 |journal=Earth and Planetary Science Letters |volume=593 |pages=117652 |doi=10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117652 |bibcode=2022E&PSL.59317652F }}</ref> |
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<ref name="White2017">{{cite journal |last1=White |first1=Oliver L. |last2=Schenk |first2=Paul M. |last3=Bellagamab |first3=Anthony W. |last4=Grimm |first4=Ashley M. |last5=Dombard |first5=Andrew J. |last6=Bray |first6=Veronica J. |title=Impact crater relaxation on Dione and Tethys and relation to past heat flow |date=May 2017 |journal=Icarus |volume=288 |pages=37–52 |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2017.01.025 |bibcode=2017Icar..288...37W }}</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.ciclops.org/search.php?search=melanthius Cassini images of Melanthius Crater] |
* [http://www.ciclops.org/search.php?search=melanthius ''Cassini'' images of Melanthius Crater] |
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[[Category:Impact craters on Saturn's moons]] |
[[Category:Impact craters on Saturn's moons]] |
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[[Category:Surface features of Tethys (moon)]] |
[[Category:Surface features of Tethys (moon)]] |
Feature type | Peak-ring impact crater |
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Location | Tethys |
Coordinates | 10°50′S 110°47′E / 10.83°S 110.78°E / -10.83; 110.78[1] |
Diameter | 207.5 km |
Eponym | Penelope |
Penelope is the fourth-largest impact crateronSaturn's moon Tethys. It is 208 kilometers wide, and is located near the equator in the center of trailing hemisphere of the moon at 10.8°S, 249.2°W.[1] It is approximately opposite to the largest crater on Tethys—Odysseus. Penelope is named after PenelopeofGreek mythology, wife of the legendary king Odysseus from the Odyssey epic. The name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 1983.[1]
Penelope is a highly elliptical crater, with its shortest axis being roughly 180 kilometers and its longest axis being roughly 220 kilometers. Penelope's longest axis is aligned almost exactly north-south, deviating by only 1°.[2]: 3 Nevertheless, with an average diameter of roughly 207.5 kilometers,[1] it is the fourth-largest known impact structure on Tethys.[3] Its western crater wall is bright, with fresh ice from Tethys's crust exposed; the eastern crater wall is comparatively much more degraded. Within Penelope's basin floor is a heavily degraded central peak ring approximately 50 kilometers in diameter. The central peak ring's northern and southeastern arcs are the best-preserved sections of this feature. Several faults cross Penelope, including a tectonic feature that crosses the basin floor yet does not continue beyond the crater rim.[4]: 10 Penelope is rather deep and unrelaxed, having not been flattened out as with some of Tethys's other major impact craters. It and another nearby unrelaxed impact basin, Antinous, may represent a province of unrelaxed craters between ~120° E and ~30° E.[5]: 49
The region Penelope is located in is dominated by heavily cratered terrain. To the east of Penelope is a network of roughly parallel narrow troughs that cut across a system of older, more degraded troughs. Regions to the east are especially densely cratered and rugged. Unusually, Penelope, alongside most of Tethys's other large impact craters, are all concentrated on Tethys's trailing hemisphere to the south of the equator.[4]: 7
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