Drumskinny Linea (Europa)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Linea, lineae
IAU definition

A dark or bright elongate marking, may be curved or straight

Diameter
1,375 km, 88 % of the radius of its body
Centre
48.3° N, 199° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
2003
Origin of the name

Stone row in Ireland.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Drumskinny Linea.

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 Drumskinny Linea.

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/1643

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

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