Belton Regio (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Regio, regiones
- IAU definition
A large area marked by reflectivity or color distinctions from adjacent areas, or a broad geographic region
- Diameter
- 3,255 km, 274 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 9.21° S, 91.42° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- September 22, 2023
- Origin of the name
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).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Belton Regio.
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 Belton Regio.
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/16257
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms