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Lenticulae are small, dark pits, domes, and spots only found on Jupiter’s satellite Europa. These features could have been created by cryovolcanism, intrusion, or diapirism.
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Wagner, R.J. (2014). Lenticula, Lenticulae. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_875-4
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