Mons Lyctas
Encyclopedia
Lyctos Facula is a mountain
on one of Jupiter
's smallest moons Amalthea
. It is believed to have a height of 20 kilometers (65,617 feet), almost two and a half times higher than Mt. Everest (29,035 feet). It is one of two known mountains that appear on Amalthea
, the other being Ida Facula.
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
on one of Jupiter
Jupiter
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet within the Solar System. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in our Solar System combined. Jupiter is classified as a gas giant along with Saturn,...
's smallest moons Amalthea
Amalthea (moon)
Amalthea is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on September 9, 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and named after Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology. It is also known as '....
. It is believed to have a height of 20 kilometers (65,617 feet), almost two and a half times higher than Mt. Everest (29,035 feet). It is one of two known mountains that appear on Amalthea
Amalthea (moon)
Amalthea is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on September 9, 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and named after Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology. It is also known as '....
, the other being Ida Facula.