Kraken Catena [SEP] located on astronomical body
Kraken Catena
Kraken Catena is a crater chain ("catena") on Triton, the largest natural satellite of Neptune. It is named after the Kraken of Norse mythology; the name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 1991. It is located at 14°N, 35.5°E.
See also.
- List of geological features on Triton
Crater chain
A crater chain is a line of craters along the surface of an astronomical body. The descriptor term for crater chains is catena, plural catenae (Latin for "chain"), as specified by the International Astronomical Union's rules on planetary nomenclature.
Many examples of such chains are thought to have been formed by the impact of a body that was broken up by tidal forces into a string of smaller objects following roughly the same orbit. An example of such a tidally disrupted body that was observed prior