Pongal Catena (Ceres)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Catena, catenae
- IAU definition
Chain of craters
- Diameter
- 95.5 km, 20 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 37.37° S, 267.66° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- June 20, 2016
- Origin of the name
Tamil (Sri Lanka and S. India) harvest festival observed in mid-January. It is a time for giving thanks to nature.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Pongal Catena.
Missions to its body
No observation record of this formation is crossed here. These are the missions the Planetary Data System declares for its body; none is claimed to have observed Pongal Catena.
Sources
International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, read on October 23, 2026. Feature page: https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15493
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms