Caladan Planitia (Titan)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Planitia, planitiae
IAU definition

Low plain

Diameter
2,800 km, 109 % of the radius of its body
Centre
31° N, 134° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
October 8, 2014
Origin of the name

Planet from the Dune series; the original home of the House Atriedes, a fictional noble family.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Caladan 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 Caladan 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/15261

Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms

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