Leix Chaos (Europa)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Chaos, chaoses
- IAU definition
Distinctive area of broken terrain
- Diameter
- 415 km, 27 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 39.39° S, 223.8° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- January 4, 2022
- Origin of the name
In Celtic mythology, the city to which Maeldūn voyaged to avenge his father, Ailill Edge-of-Battle.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Leix Chaos.
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 Leix Chaos.
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/16066
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms