In planetary nomenclature, a chasma /ˈkæzmə/ (plural: chasmata /ˈkæzmətə/) is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression. As of 2020, the IAU has named...
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Echus Chasma is a chasma in the Lunae Planum high plateau north of the Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. It is in the Coprates quadrangle. Clay has...
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Mandjet Chasma is a chasma on Pluto's moon Charon. Mandjet Chasma is 385 km (239 mi) long, and about 5–7 km (3.1–4.3 mi) deep with an average width of...
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Ithaca Chasma /ˈɪθəkə ˈkæzmə/ is a valley (graben) of Saturn's moon Tethys, named after the island of Ithaca, in Greece. It is up to 100 km (62 mi) wide...
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Valles Marineris (section Coprates Chasma)
and Ius chasmata, then Melas, Candor and Ophir chasmata, then Coprates Chasma, then Ganges, Capri and Eos chasmata; finally it empties into an outflow...
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Odysseus (crater) (redirect from Ogygia Chasma)
crust created by the impact. The most prominent among them is called Ogygia Chasma. The crater must have originally been deep, with a high mountainous rim...
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Ganges Chasma is a deep canyon at the eastern end of the vast Valles Marineris system on Mars, an offshoot of Capri Chasma, and is in the Coprates quadrangle...
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Eos Chasma is a chasma in the southern part of the Valles Marineris canyon system of the Coprates quadrangle and the Margaritifer Sinus quadrangles of...
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Ophir Chasma /ˈoʊfər ˈkæzmə/ is a canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars at 4° south latitude and 72.5° west longitude. It is about 317 km long and...
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Hebes Chasma is an isolated chasma just north of the Valles Marineris canyon system of Mars. It is centered at 1 degree southern latitude and 76 degrees...
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Ius Chasma is a large canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars at 7° south latitude and 85.8° west longitude. It is about 938 km long and was named after...
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Chasma Boreale is a large canyon in Mars's north polar ice cap in the Mare Boreum quadrangle of Mars at 83° north latitude and 47.1° west longitude. It...
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valleys. The 2,000 km long Ithaca Chasma on Tethys in the Saturn system is a prominent example. Charon's Nostromo Chasma is the first confirmed in the Pluto...
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Melas Chasma /ˈmiːləs ˈkæzmə/ is a canyon on Mars, the widest segment of the Valles Marineris canyon system, located east of Ius Chasma at 9.8°S, 283...
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Tithonium Chasma is a large canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars at 4.6° south latitude and 84.7° west longitude. It is about 810 km long and was...
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Caleuche Chasma is a Y-shaped chasma on Pluto's moon, Charon. Caleuche Chasma is 400 km (250 mi) long. The feature was discovered using stereoscopic processing...
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Odysseus, is about 400 km in diameter, whereas the largest graben, Ithaca Chasma, is about 100 km wide and more than 2,000 km long; the two surface features...
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Ganis Chasma is a group of rift zones on the surface of the planet Venus. Bright spots detected by the Venus Monitoring Camera on the European Space Agency's...
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Serenity Chasma is the unofficial name given to a large pull-apart fault on Pluto's moon, Charon. It is part of a series of faults that run along the perimeter...
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Nostromo Chasma /nɒsˈtroʊmoʊ ˈkæzmə/ is the unofficial name for a rift valley on Pluto's moon Charon. It was named after the fictional spacecraft in the...
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Mimas (redirect from Pangea Chasma)
Mimas, also designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is...
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Chasma is a chasma located on Ariel. They are named after brownies, which are spirits believed to help with household tasks. "Planetary Names: Chasma...
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Diana Chasma system consist of deep troughs that extend for 7,400 kilometers (4,600 mi) and are very distinct features on Venus. Those chasma connect...
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Candor Chasma is one of the largest canyons in the Valles Marineris canyon system on Mars. The feature is geographically divided into two halves: East...
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The Kewpie Chasma is a chasma on the surface of Ariel, the fourth largest moon of Uranus. "Planetary Names: Chasma, chasmata: Kewpie Chasma on Ariel"....
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Mianwali (section Chasma Nuclear Power Plant)
Namal Lake to its north east. The Chasma lake is home to the Chasma Barrage, that houses a 184 MW power station. The Chasma lake also houses one of the two...
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Capri Mensa (redirect from Capri Chasma)
Tithonium and Ius Chasma in the south. In the middle of the system are very wide valleys of Ophir Chasma (north), Candor Chasma, and Melas Chasma (south). Going...
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Coprates Chasma (/ˈkɒprətiːz ˈkæzmə/) is a huge canyon in the Coprates quadrangle of Mars, located at 13.4° south latitude and 61.4° west longitude, part...
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Chashma (redirect from Chasma (disambiguation))
Chashma may refer to: Chashma, Iran, a village in Iran Chashma, Kyrgyzstan, a town in Kyrgyzstan Chashma, Mianwali, a city in Pakistan Chashma Nuclear...
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The Artemis Chasma is the nearly circular fracture in Venus's surface which almost encloses Artemis Corona. The chasma and its associating corona can be...
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