Catenae on Mercury
3 named features carry the IAU descriptor Catena — a chain of craters on Mercury, out of 59 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
3
of 606 named places on Mercury — 0.5%
Largest
274 km
Haystack Catena
Median size
140 km
Across the 3 with a measured diameter
Named between
2013–2013
IAU approval dates
How catenae on Mercury get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 3 catenae with a recorded origin, 2 categories appear, led by American.
American2Puerto Rico1
All 3 catenae on Mercury
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Catenae elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 56 more features.