Thebeksan Catena (Rhea)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Catena, catenae
IAU definition

Chain of craters

Diameter
220 km, 29 % of the radius of its body
Centre
39.5° S, 186° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
August 6, 2010
Origin of the name

Holy mountain in Korean mythology, where creator god came onto the earth.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Thebeksan Catena.

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 Thebeksan Catena.

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/14755

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

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