Viking Terra (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Terra, terrae
- IAU definition
Extensive land mass
- Diameter
- 1,171 km, 99 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 12.34° N, 150.97° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 3, 2021
- Origin of the name
US Mars orbiter and landed missions that conducted the first successful explorations of the surface of Mars, 1976 to 1982.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Viking Terra.
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 Viking Terra.
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/15969
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms