Wungaran Catenae (Rhea)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Catena, catenae
IAU definition

Chain of craters

Diameter
350 km, 46 % of the radius of its body
Centre
22.5° N, 281° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
August 6, 2010
Origin of the name

Place where Kakadu (N. Australia) creator goddess Imberombera landed after crossing the sea (modern Malay Bay). There he met the giant Wuraka, ancestor of all peoples.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Wungaran Catenae.

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 Wungaran Catenae.

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/14756

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

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