Rupes on Enceladus
1 named feature carries the IAU descriptor Rupes — a scarp or cliff on Enceladus, out of 113 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
1
of 85 named places on Enceladus — 1.2%
Largest
193 km
Samaria Rupes
Median size
193 km
Across the 1 with a measured diameter
Named between
2015–2015
IAU approval dates
How rupes on Enceladus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 1 rupes with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Persian.
Persian1
All 1 rupes on Enceladus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Rupes elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 112 more features.