Inanna Fossa (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 613 km, 52 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 33.05° N, 129.29° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 3, 2021
- Origin of the name
Inanna was the Queen of Heaven in ancient Sumerian mythology. She visited the Underworld but was permitted to return in exchange for the life of her husband, Dumuzi.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Inanna 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 Inanna 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/15964
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms