Agenor Linea (Europa)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Linea, lineae
IAU definition

A dark or bright elongate marking, may be curved or straight

Diameter
1,496 km, 96 % of the radius of its body
Centre
43.8° S, 146.5° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
1979
Origin of the name

Greek; Europa's father.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Agenor Linea.

Missions to its body

No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Agenor Linea.

Sources

International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/84

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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