- Look up
facula or
faculae in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Facula (pl. faculae) is a
bright spot on the
surface of a
planet or a star. It may refer...
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Sarpa Facula is a
bright region on the
surface of Mercury,
located at 53.07° S, 30.87° W. It was
named by the IAU in 2019.
Sarpa is the
Sinhalese word...
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Shikoku Facula is a
region of
bright material on Saturn's moon Titan.
Shikoku was
first seen in C****ini
images taken in
October 2004 and has been observed...
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Solar faculae are
bright spots in the
photosphere that form in the
canyons between solar granules, short-lived
convection cells several thousand kilometers...
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Memphis Facula /ˈmɛmfɪs ˈfækjʊlə/ is a palimpsest, or "ghost crater", on Ganymede, the
largest of the
Jovian satellites.
About 360 km across, it is situated...
- Ular
Facula is a
bright region on the
surface of Mercury,
located at 55.1° S, 29.95° W. It was
named by the IAU in 2019. Ular is the
Malay word for snake...
- Agwo
Facula is a bright,
irregular depression on the
surface of Mercury,
located at 22.4° N, 213.7° W. It was
named by the IAU in 2018. Agwo is the Igbo...
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prominent bright spots, two of
which are named. They are
Lyctos Facula and Ida
Facula, with a
width reaching up to 25 km. They are
located on the edge...
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Observatory Faculae Abeeso Facula 21.7 214.6
Somali word for
snake Agwo
Facula 22.4 213.7 Igbo word for
snake Amaru Facula -49.8 349.5
Quechuan word for...
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Nathair Facula is a
bright region on the
surface of Mercury,
located at 36° N, 295.5° W. It was
named by the IAU in 2018.
Nathair is the
Irish and Scottish...
