Natunuku Dorsum (Donaldjohanson)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Dorsum, dorsa
- IAU definition
Ridge
- Diameter
- 1.2 km, 62 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 8.44° N, 216.68° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- October 8, 2026
- Origin of the name
Natunuku, village and archeological site Natunuku VL1/1 on Viti Levu Island (Fiji), where the earliest known human skeleton from the Lapita culture was excavated.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Natunuku Dorsum.
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 Natunuku Dorsum.
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/16507
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms
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