Borsippa Sulcus (Ganymede)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Sulcus, sulci
- IAU definition
Subparallel furrows and ridges
- Diameter
- 3,300 km, 125 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 60° S, 360° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- July 29, 2013
- Origin of the name
Akkadian town, location of the Sumerian god Nabu's principal sanctuary.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Borsippa Sulcus.
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 Borsippa Sulcus.
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/15155
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms