Yutu Linea (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Linea, lineae
- IAU definition
A dark or bright elongate marking, may be curved or straight
- Diameter
- 324 km, 27 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 32.77° N, 1.79° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- April 25, 2023
- Origin of the name
A series of Chinese lunar probes, beginning in 2013.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Yutu Linea.
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 Yutu Linea.
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/16198
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms