Kaknu Fossa (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 249 km, 21 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 30.45° S, 122.07° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 12, 2019
- Origin of the name
Epic hero of the Chochenyo/Ohlone (N. California) mythology, an anthropomorphic being resembling a peregrine falcon, who traveled to the underworld to battle Wiwe (“Body of Stone”), the lord of the underworld.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Kaknu 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 Kaknu 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/15852
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms