Djanggawul Fossae (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 585 km, 49 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 41° N, 84.31° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 8, 2017
- Origin of the name
Ancestral beings in Yolngu (Australia) myth who traveled between the island of the dead and Australia.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Djanggawul Fossae.
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 Djanggawul Fossae.
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/15673
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms