Sulci on Enceladus
20 named features carry the IAU descriptor Sulcus — a set of parallel grooves and ridges on Enceladus, out of 70 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
20
of 85 named places on Enceladus — 24%
Largest
360 km
Samarkand Sulci
Median size
156 km
Across the 20 with a measured diameter
Named between
1982–2010
IAU approval dates
How sulci on Enceladus get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 20 sulci with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Arabian.
Arabian20
All 20 sulci on Enceladus
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Samarkand Sulci360 kmHarran Sulci291 kmCashmere Sulci260 kmAl Yaman Sulci178 kmBaghdad Sulcus176 kmMakran Sulci171 kmCairo Sulcus165 kmHamah Sulci164 kmLabtayt Sulci162 kmAndalus Sulci162 kmLahej Sulci150 kmDamascus Sulcus125 kmAl Medinah Sulci118 kmSind Sulci116 kmAlexandria Sulcus111 kmMisr Sulci110 kmShiraz Sulcus80 kmCamphor Sulcus77 kmMosul Sulci60 kmBulak Sulcus49.4 km
Sulci elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 3 other worlds, for 50 more features.