Lunokhod Planitia (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Planitia, planitiae
- IAU definition
Low plain
- Diameter
- 557 km, 47 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 30.75° N, 109.57° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 3, 2021
- Origin of the name
Two Soviet Union planetary rovers that were sent to the surface of the Moon (1970, 1973). Lunokhod 1 was the first remote-controlled, wheeled robot to land on and rove on an extraterrestrial body.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Lunokhod Planitia.
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 Lunokhod Planitia.
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/15967
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms