Official websites use .gov
A
.gov website belongs to an official government
organization in the United States.
Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A
lock (
) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to
the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official,
secure websites.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feature Name
|
Target |
Diameter |
Center Latitude
|
Center
Longitude |
Feature Type
|
Approval Date
|
Origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belton Regio | Pluto | 3255.00 | -9.21 | 91.42 | Regio, regiones | Sep 22, 2023 | Michael J. S.; British astronomer who in 2002 chaired the first Planetary Science Decadal Survey, which established NASA’s New Frontiers Program, including the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1934-2018). |
| Harrington Regio | Pluto | 1213.00 | -7.05 | 282.54 | Regio, regiones | Sep 11, 2024 | Robert S.; American astronomer at the US Naval Observatory who is considered the co-discoverer of Charon and was the first to calculate the Pluto system’s mass (1942-1993). |
| Lowell Regio | Pluto | 1215.00 | 86.00 | 338.00 | Regio, regiones | May 30, 2019 | Percival; American astronomer who in 1906-1916 undertook extensive searches of transneptunian planets (1855-1916). |
| Safronov Regio | Pluto | 740.00 | -13.36 | 209.49 | Regio, regiones | Sep 22, 2023 | Viktor; Russian astronomer who proposed the planetesimal hypothesis for how the Solar System formed from a disk of gas and dust around the Sun (1917-1999). |
| Sharaf Regio | Pluto | 360.00 | -11.38 | 238.67 | Regio, regiones | Sep 11, 2024 | Shafika Gil’mievna; Soviet astronomer of Tatar origin, celestial mechanics expert who developed an analytical theory for Pluto’s motion and derived new orbital elements (1915-2002). |
| Tombaugh Regio | Pluto | 2300.00 | 7.62 | 183.22 | Regio, regiones | Aug 08, 2017 | Clyde William; American astronomer, discoverer of Pluto (1906–1997). |
Download all your search results in one of the follow formats (need help?):
