Pangea Chasma (Mimas)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Chasma, chasmata
- IAU definition
A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression
- Diameter
- 150 km, 76 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 28.12° S, 19.59° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- 1982
- Origin of the name
Picked up by a Titan in the war with the gods.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Pangea Chasma.
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 Pangea Chasma.
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/4577
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms