Nergal (crater)

Nergal
Galileo image of Nergal
Feature type	Crater
Coordinates	38°36′N 200°18′W / 38.6°N 200.3°W / 38.6; -200.3Coordinates: 38°36′N 200°18′W / 38.6°N 200.3°W / 38.6; -200.3
Diameter	9.6 km
Eponym	Nergal

Nergal crater is a crater on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It has a distinctive ejecta blanket surrounding it that's darker nearer the craters and brighter further away. The inner region of the ejecta is characterized by a lobate appearance indicative of the flow of a liquid (or slushy) substance over the surface. The flow was probably icy surface material melted by the energy released during the impact that formed the crater.

Ganymede

Geology

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

Impact craters	Achelous El 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

Planned	Jupiter Icy Moon Explorer

Proposed	Laplace-P

Cancelled	Jupiter Ganymede Orbiter Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter

Other

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