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Thebe-Amalthea-Metis-PIA02531.jpgThebe, Amalthea and Metis57 visiteUna curiosità: è difficile non notare la notevole somiglianza fra Thebe (il primo "macigno" da Sx) e la Luna Marziana Phobos.
E qual'è il "punto di contatto" fra questi due corpi celesti?
Ma si tratta, naturalmente, del grande cratere che, nel caso di Thebe, notiamo sulla Sx del piccolo Satellite. Un grande cratere che ci ricorda molto da vicino lo "Stickney Crater" di Phobos.
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Thebe-PIA01075.jpgThebe59 visiteOriginal caption:"These 2 images of the Jovian moon Thebe were taken by Galileo's solid state imaging system in November 1996 and June 1997, respectively. North is approximately up in both cases. Thebe, whose longest dimension is about 116 Km (or 72 miles) across, is tidally locked so that the same side of the satellite always points towards Jupiter, similar to how the nearside of our own Moon always points toward Earth. In such a tidally locked state, one side of Thebe always points in the direction in which Thebe moves as it orbits about Jupiter. This is called the "leading side" of the moon and is shown at the left. The image on the right emphasizes the side of Thebe that faces away from Jupiter (the so-called "anti-Jupiter" side). Note that there appear to be at least three or four very large impact craters on the satellite - very large in the sense that each of these craters is roughly comparable in size to the radius of Thebe".
Nota: crateri troppo grandi per un mondo così piccolo...
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