Dumuzi Fossa (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 619 km, 52 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 30.56° N, 127.9° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 3, 2021
- Origin of the name
In ancient Sumerian mythology, Dumuzi was a god of the harvest. He was taken down into the Underworld, but permitted to return to earth for half of each year, resulting in the cycle of the seasons.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Dumuzi 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 Dumuzi 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/15963
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms