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Hotei Arcus on Titan

In planetary geology, an arcus (pl. arcũs) is an arc-shaped type of landform. Arcus is the Latin word for arc.

As of 2022 the only named arcus are Hotei Arcus on Saturn's moon Titan and Kaʼan Arcus on the primitive trans-Neptunian object 486958 Arrokoth.

References

  1. "Planetary Names: Titan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  2. ^ Hargitai, Henrik (2014). "Arcus, [Arcūs]". Encyclopedia of Planetary Landforms. Springer. pp. 95–96. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-9213-9_6-1. ISBN 978-1-4614-9213-9.
  3. "Planetary Names: Arcus, arcūs: Hotei Arcus on Titan". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. "Arrokoth's Prominent Features Given Official Names". Sci-News. 16 February 2022.


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