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PIA17851: 3-D Cilix Crater on Europa
This view of Cilix impact crater on Europa was created in 2013 using 3-D stereo images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, combined with advanced image processing techniques.
 Target Name:  Europa
 Is a satellite of:  Jupiter
 Mission:  Galileo 
 Spacecraft:  Galileo Orbiter
 Product Size:  1337 x 715 pixels (w x h) 
 Produced By:  JPL 
 Full-Res TIFF:  PIA17851.tif (957.1 kB)
 Full-Res JPEG:  PIA17851.jpg (132 kB)  

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Original Caption Released with Image:

This view of Cilix impact crater on Europa was created in 2013 using 3-D stereo images taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, combined with advanced image processing techniques. The crater has a diameter of about 11 miles (18 kilometers).

This image, which combines a 3-D Digital Elevation Model, or DEM, with original imagery, shows that the crater rim rises steeply for about 980 feet (300 meters) above a flat crater floor that is interrupted by a central peak which has a height of about 660 feet (200 meters). Such central peaks are common on other bodies in the solar system. Young, well-preserved craters like Cilix are rare on Europa's surface, where ongoing geologic activity is thought to disrupt most surface features over timescales of tens of millions of years.

For more information about Europa, visit: http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/europa/home.cfm .

JPL is a division of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2014-01-08