Kirinyaga Linea (Rhea)
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
- 400 km, 52 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 1.8° S, 231.2° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- June 17, 2010
- Origin of the name
Kikuyu (Kenya) holy mountain, where the creator god Ngai lives, when he came down from the sky (Mount Kenya).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Kirinyaga 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 Kirinyaga 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/14739
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms