Caleuche Chasma (Charon)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Chasma, chasmata
- IAU definition
A deep, elongated, steep-sided depression
- Diameter
- 400 km, 66 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 72.5° N, 241.8° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- April 11, 2018
- Origin of the name
Chilote (southern Chile) legendary, sentient ghost ship, which could suddenly appear and then quickly disappears again, leaving no evidence of its presence.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Caleuche 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 Caleuche 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/15732
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms