Santorini Facula
{{Short description|Bright spot on Titan}}
{{Infobox feature on celestial object
|name = Santorini Facula
|type = Facula
|coordinates = 2° 24′ 0″ N, 145° 36′ 0″ W
|diameter = 140 km
|eponym = Santorini
|image = Titan (Mond) (7185904).jpg
|caption = Santorini Facula is an elongated bright spot around a dark impact crater in lower left corner
}}
The Santorini Facula is a {{Linktext|facula}}, or bright spot, surrounding a 40-km-wide impact crater on the surface of Titan. It was named after the Greek island Santorini in 2006.{{GPN|6998|Santorini Facula}}{{cite book|last1=Coustenis|first1=Athena|title=Titan: Exploring an Earthlike World|date=2008|publisher=World Scientific|isbn=9789812811615|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3O47dxrDAQC&pg=PA267|language=en}}
References
{{Reflist|refs=
|title =Spectral properties of Titan's impact craters imply chemical weathering of its surface
|author =Neish C. D. |author2=Barnes J. W. |author3=Sotin C. |display-authors=et al.
|date =2015
|journal=Geophysical Research Letters
|volume =42
|issue =10
|pages =3746–3754
|doi =10.1002/2015GL063824
|bibcode=2015GeoRL..42.3746N
|pmid =27656006
|pmc=5012121
}}
}}
Category:Surface features of Titan (moon)
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