Luzia Dorsum (Donaldjohanson)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Dorsum, dorsa
- IAU definition
Ridge
- Diameter
- 2 km, 103 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 15° N, 225° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 27, 2025
- Origin of the name
Luzia Woman, a 11,500 year-old female skeleton found at Lapa Vermelha in Brazil; named as an homage to the Lucy fossil.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Luzia Dorsum.
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 Luzia Dorsum.
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/16423
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms
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