Hermod Fossae (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 592 km, 50 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 8.63° S, 119.34° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- September 25, 2019
- Origin of the name
Son of Odin, who rode the horse Sleipnir into the underworld to retrieve his brother, Balder.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Hermod 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 Hermod 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/15861
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms