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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Basic Info

Feature Name Hyecho Palus
Clean Name Hyecho Palus
Feature ID 15870
Target Pluto
Feature Type Palus, paludes

Location


Pluto
Coordinate System Planetocentric, +East, 0 - 360
Northmost Latitude -9.82 °
Southmost Latitude -25.37 °
Eastmost Longitude 174.88 °
Westmost Longitude 162.83 °
Diameter 322.56 km
Center Latitude -17.43 °
Center Longitude 167.44 °
Quad -

Status and Origin

Approval Status Adopted by IAU
Approval Date Jan 03, 2020
Continent Asia
Culture Korea
Origin Korean traveler and scholar, who crossed the Asian continent from China to Arabia and back (724-727), and documented the journey in his journals (704–787).
Reference [553] - Hyecho’s Journey: The World of Buddhism, by Donald Lopez, Jr., University of Chicago Press, 2017.
Updated Jan 03, 2020 1:48 PM

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