Petelia Fossae (Dione)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 225 km, 40 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 8.16° S, 277.57° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- March 17, 2008
- Origin of the name
Town of Lucania in southern Italy, founded by Philoctetes.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Petelia 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 Petelia 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/14383
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms