linea
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thumb|right|Low resolution view of lineae on Europa taken by NASAs Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo spacecraft.
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Within Vinony's link graph, linea is referenced by 13 other articles, and connects out to Latin, Mars and Venus.
It is catalogued under the topic Planetary geology.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Subclass of
- landform
- Part of
- planetary nomenclature
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- PIA00295 Europa dark bands.jpg
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thumb|right|Low resolution view of lineae on Europa taken by NASAs Galileo (spacecraft)|Galileo spacecraft.
Linea (plural: lineae ) is Latin for 'line'. In planetary geology it is used to refer to any long markings, dark or bright, on a planet or moon's surface. The planet Venus and Jupiter's moon Europa have numerous lineae; Saturn's moon Rhea and the dwarf planet Pluto have several.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “linea” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.