Yamsi Chasmata (Rhea)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Chasma, chasmata
- IAU definition
A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression
- Diameter
- 380 km, 50 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 28° S, 79.5° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 6, 2010
- Origin of the name
Lodge of the North Wind in Klamath (NW USA) myth, where the creator god Kemush slept during the creation of the world.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Yamsi Chasmata.
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 Yamsi Chasmata.
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/14761
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms