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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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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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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the Sinhalese word for snake. Sarpa Facula is north of Ular Facula and southeast of Havu Facula and Bitin Facula. "Sarpa". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...
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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...
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Coatl Facula is a bright region about 49 km wide on the surface of Mercury, located at 29.75° S, 216.55° W. It was named by the IAU in June 2020. Coatl...
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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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Abeeso Facula is near the southwestern rim of the Caloris basin. Abeeso Facula is immediately southwest of Agwo Facula. Map showing Abeeso Facula and nearby...
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2019. Ular is the Malay word for snake. Ular Facula is south of Sarpa Facula and northeast of Pampu Facula. "Ular". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature...
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Suge Facula is a bright region on the surface of Mercury, located at 26.1 N, 300.4 W. It was named by the IAU in 2018. Suge is the Basque word for snake...
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Nākahi Facula is a bright, irregular depression on the surface of Mercury, located at 52.7° S, 342.2° W. It was named by the IAU in 2018. Nākahi is the...
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Neidr Facula is a bright, irregular depression on the surface of Mercury, located at 35.9° N, 302.7° W. It was named by the IAU in 2018. Neidr is the Welsh...
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Amaru Facula is a bright, irregular depression on the surface of Mercury, located at 49.8° S, 349.5° W. It was named by the IAU in 2018. Amaru is the Quechua...
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Zmija Facula is a bright region on the surface of Mercury, located within an unnamed crater that is itself within the larger Rembrandt basin. It was named...
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Pampu Facula is a bright region on the surface of Mercury, located at 57.76° S, 31.79° W. It was named by the IAU in 2019. Pampu is the Tamil word for...
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Lyctos Facula is a bright mountain on one of Jupiter's smallest moons Amalthea. It is believed to have a width of 25 kilometers and height of 20 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...
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The Santorini Facula is a facula (bright spot) on the surface of Titan, around a 40 km wide impact crater. It was named after the Greek island Santorini...
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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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Periploca facula is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Ronald W. Hodges in 1962. It is found in North America, where it has been...
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Ida Facula is a bright mountain on Amalthea, one of Jupiter's smallest moons. It is known to be about 15 kilometers in width, somewhat smaller than the...
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Ellychnia facula is a species of firefly in the genus Ellychnia. It is widespread across North America. Fallon, C. (2021). "Ellychnia facula". IUCN Red...
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85 E longitude. The spot in the center of the crater is named Cerealia Facula, and the group of spots to the east - Vinalia Faculae. These names were...
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Shikoku Facula is a region of bright material on Saturn's moon Titan. Shikoku was first seen in Cassini images taken in October 2004 and has been observed...
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Sotra Patera (redirect from Sotra Facula)
depression on Titan, the largest moon of Saturn. It was formerly known as Sotra Facula; the current name was approved on 19 December 2012. It is a possible cryovolcanic...
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Parabagrotis insularis (redirect from Agrotis facula)
Synonyms Agrotis insularis Grote, 1876 Agrotis emarginata Grote, 1876 Agrotis facula Grote, 1876 Agrotis inelegans Smith, 1890 Rhynchagrotis meta Smith, 1903...
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Torodora facula is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Chun-Sheng Wu and Kyu-Tek Park in 1999. It is found in Sri Lanka. "Torodora...
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Pseudolucia (redirect from Facula (butterfly))
Lycaenidae Subfamily: Polyommatinae Tribe: Polyommatini Genus: Pseudolucia Nabokov, 1945 Synonyms Cherchiella Balletto Facula Balletto Pallidula Balletto...
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named Cerealia Tholus and is covered by bright salt deposits named Cerealia Facula. The group of thinner salt deposits to the east are named Vinalia Faculae...
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former professional footballer Polish title of The Viper (Sapkowski) Zmija Facula, bright region on the surface of Mercury Zmija, Nickname of Zvezdan Jovanović...
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