Clusium Fossae (Dione)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Fossa, fossae
IAU definition

Long, narrow depression

Diameter
260 km, 46 % of the radius of its body
Centre
39.27° N, 58.46° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
March 17, 2008
Origin of the name

One of the twelve chief cities of Etruria, situated on the river Clanis.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Clusium 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 Clusium 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/14381

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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