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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Murias Chaos

Basic Info

Feature Name Murias Chaos
Clean Name Murias Chaos
Feature ID 4074
Target Europa
Feature Type Chaos, chaoses

Location


UNKNOWN
Coordinate System Planetographic, +West, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude 24.00 °
Southmost Latitude 20.60 °
Eastmost Longitude 81.40 °
Westmost Longitude 85.90 °
Diameter 116.00 km
Center Latitude 22.40 °
Center Longitude 83.80 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date 2003
Continent Europe
Ethnicity Celtic
Origin One of the four great cities of the Tuatha Dé Danann (the people of the goddess Danu, the wizards) in Irish Celtic myths.
Reference [160] - Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, by Peter Berresford Ellis: Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1992.
Updated Nov 17, 2008 3:50 PM

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