This is a list of named geological features on Rhea, the second largest moon of Saturn. Planetary features are approved by the

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's (IAU)

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(WGPSN).

Catenae

A ''catena'' is a

crater chain A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena , plural catenae (Latin for "chain"), as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nome ...

Chasmata

Rhean chasms are called

chasmata In planetary nomenclature, a chasma (''plural'': chasmata ) is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression. As of 2020, the IAU has named 122 such features in the Solar System, on Venus (63), Mars (25), Saturn's satellites Mimas (6), Tethys (2), ...

. They are named after sacred places in world mythologies.

Craters

Rhean craters are named after figures from the mythologies of mostly non-European cultures. As of 2017, there are 128 named craters.

Fossae

A fossa is a long, narrow depression.

Lineae

linea ''Linea'' is a genus of foraminifera belonging to the subfamily Rhabdammininae. It is a monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one t ...

is a long marking on a planet or moon's surface.

References

External links

USGS: Rhea nomenclature
{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Geological Features On Rhea Rhea (moon)

Rhea (moon) Rhea () is the second-largest moon of Saturn and the ninth-largest moon in the Solar System. It is the smallest body in the Solar System for which precise measurements have confirmed a shape consistent with hydrostatic equilibrium. It was disc ...

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