Beatrice Fossa (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 382 km, 32 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 0.19° N, 129.26° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 3, 2021
- Origin of the name
In The Inferno by Dante, Beatrice descends into hell to find Virgil and ask him to guide Dante. She later guides Dante through Paradise in Paradiso.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Beatrice Fossa.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Beatrice Fossa.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15962
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms