Hiberus Fossa (Lutetia)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Fossa, fossae
IAU definition

Long, narrow depression

Diameter
12.8 km, 26 % of the radius of its body
Centre
46° N, 33° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
April 5, 2011
Origin of the name

River at the time of Lutetia, present-day Ebro River in Spain.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Hiberus Fossa.

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 Hiberus Fossa.

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/14836

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

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