This object has cavi and maculae named for mythological water spirits, and fossae named for sacred bodies of water, most famously the Yamuna River, as well as a crater chain named for Set.
This object has cavi and maculae named for mythological water spirits, and fossae named for sacred bodies of water, most famously the Yamuna River, as well as a crater chain named for Set. A unique feature of this object's atmosphere is that after a troposphere rising to a height of 8 kilometers, it transitions directly into a thermosphere without the presence of an intermediate radiative stratosphere. Boyce proposed that the characteristic topography of this body resulted from folds that developed when an initially melted lithosphere cooled and solidified, and this body's subsolar region of 50 to 57 degrees north latitude is the site of most of its cryovolcanism. It is not Enceladus, but at a value of 0.7, (*) this moon does have one of the highest albedos in the solar system. This moon's inclined and circular orbit is unusual because it lies between small inner prograde and irregular outer retrograde satellites. This natural satellite is thought to have been captured from the Kuiper belt due to its retrograde orbit, which is unusual feature for its size. For 10 points, name this satellite with a distinctive "cantaloupe" terrain, the largest moon of Neptune.
This object has cavi and maculae named for mythological water spirits, and fossae named for sacred bodies of water, most famously the Yamuna River, as well as a crater chain named for Set.
Triton