chasma

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English [edit]

Part of Ithaca Chasma, a chasma on Saturn's moon Tethys

Etymology [edit]

From Ancient Greek χάσμα.

Noun [edit]

chasma (plural chasmata)

  1. (astronomy, geology) A long, narrow, steep-sided depression on a planet (other than Earth), a moon, or another body in the solar system.
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