Adiri ( lat.Adiri ) - a bright albedo detail on the surface of Saturn's largest satellite, Titan .
| Adiri | |
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 The Adiri area, taken by the Huygens descent probe from an altitude of 8 km (January 15, 2005) | |
| Object type | light albedo detail |
| Location | Titanium |
| Coordinates | |
| The size | |
| Eponym | Melanesian Paradise |
Adiri on infrared map of Titan
Adiri (light "island") in an infrared image of the Cassini spacecraft (2007)
Adiri (light "island") in an infrared image of the Cassini spacecraft (2011)
Content
Geography and geology
The structure is located next to the equator. Coordinates - . Inside this area are all the open mountains and mountain ranges of this satellite. Located west of over the dark area of Shangri-La . To the south of it is the darkest detail of the albedo is Ching-tu , and Beleth in the west. In the southwest is the region of Concordia . Adiri is a high area, possibly riddled with drainage channels. The Huygens descent probe landed on a plain near the northwestern border of Adiri in 2005.
Eponym
The Adiri area is named after the Melanesian paradise [2] . The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 [2] .
See also
- Titanium Surface Parts List
Notes
- β 1 2 Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature - International Astronomical Union .
- β 1 2 Adiri . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (October 1, 2006). Date of treatment April 5, 2015. Archived April 5, 2015.