Lowell 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
- 1,215 km, 102 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 86° N, 338° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- May 30, 2019
- Origin of the name
Percival; American astronomer who in 1906-1916 undertook extensive searches of transneptunian planets (1855-1916).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Lowell 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 Lowell 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/15838
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms