Serenity Chasma

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Serenity Chasma is a vast tectonic canyon system on Pluto’s moon Charon, notable for its immense length and depth that suggest significant geological activity in the moon’s past.

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Serenity Chasma canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf canyon system ⓘ
chasma ⓘ
tectonic feature ⓘ
approvalStatus IAU-approved name ⓘ
associatedWith Charon’s tectonic belt informally called “Charon’s gash” ⓘ
celestialBody Charon ⓘ
depthEstimate up to ~7.5 km ⓘ
discoveredBy New Horizons spacecraft ⓘ
linked to: New Horizons
discoveryMission New Horizons ⓘ
evidenceFor freezing and expansion of a subsurface ocean on Charon ⓘ
flybyDate 2015-07-14 ⓘ
geologicalProcess extensional tectonics ⓘ
hasMorphology parallel fault-bounded walls ⓘ
steep cliffs ⓘ
imagedByInstrument LORRI ⓘ
Ralph MVIC ⓘ
lengthEstimate ~1800 km ⓘ
locatedInHemisphere Charon’s encounter hemisphere ⓘ
locatedNear Charon’s equatorial region ⓘ
locatedOn Charon ⓘ
namedAfter Serenity Valley from Firefly ⓘ
nameTheme fictional vessels and locales of exploration ⓘ
namingAuthority International Astronomical Union ⓘ
orbitsPrimaryBody Pluto ⓘ
orientation east–west ⓘ
partOf Charon’s tectonic belt ⓘ
planetaryBodyType natural satellite surface feature ⓘ
scientificInterest key constraint on Charon’s past ocean hypothesis ⓘ
records Charon’s internal thermal evolution ⓘ
solarSystemRegion Kuiper Belt ⓘ
suggestsHistoryOf global expansion of Charon’s crust ⓘ
past internal activity on Charon ⓘ
surfaceAgeInterpretation relatively young compared to surrounding terrain ⓘ
surfaceCompositionContext water-ice rich crust of Charon ⓘ
surfaceFeatureType canyon ⓘ
graben ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charon → hasFeature → Serenity Chasma ⓘ