Saturnalia Fossae (Vesta)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Fossa, fossae
- IAU definition
Long, narrow depression
- Diameter
- 344.9 km, 132 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 28.05° N, 37.06° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- December 27, 2011
- Origin of the name
Three-day Roman festival starting on December 17, with sacrifices, public feasting, gifts, and slaves were waited on by their masters.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Saturnalia 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 Saturnalia 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/14912
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms