Pan is the largest
crater on
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the List of Solar System objects by size, largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a Jupiter mass, mass more than 2.5 times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined a ...
's
moon
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...
Amalthea. It is kilometers across and at least 8 kilometers deep, with its center's coordinates being 30°N, 30°W.
[
] It is named after
Pan, the
Greek god of shepherds and the countryside, or the son of
Amalthea and Hermes in some legends.
References
Amalthea (moon)
Impact craters on Jupiter's moons
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