Uruk Sulcus

Uruk Sulcus

infobox feature on Ganymede
name=Uruk Sulcus
type=Sulcus


caption=View of a portion of the Uruk Sulcus region on Ganymede showing how the fine details of the grooved terrain that are the principal features in the brighter regions of this satellite relate to the global view of the moon.
eponym=Uruk
latitude=0.8
N_or_S=N
longitude=160.3
E_or_W=W
diameter=2,200 km

Uruk Sulcus is a bright region of grooved terrain adjacent to Galileo Regio on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is thought to be younger than the darker material elsewhere on the moon.


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