Fossae on Ganymede
3 named features carry the IAU descriptor Fossa — a long, narrow depression on Ganymede, out of 117 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
3
of 196 named places on Ganymede — 1.5%
Largest
3,700 km
Lakhmu Fossae
Median size
2,900 km
Across the 3 with a measured diameter
Named between
1985–1985
IAU approval dates
How fossae on Ganymede get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 3 fossae with a recorded origin, one category covers them all, led by Assyro-Babylonian.
Assyro-Babylonian3
All 3 fossae on Ganymede
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Fossae elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 8 other worlds, for 114 more features.