Mwindo Fossae (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 406 km, 34 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 34.74° N, 245.78° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- May 30, 2019
- Origin of the name
Nyanga (Eastern Dem. Rep. Congo/Zaire) epic hero who travelled to the underworld and after returning home became a wise and powerful king.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Mwindo 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 Mwindo 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/15833
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms