Belet (Titanium)

Beleth on infrared map of Titan

Belet (vast dark area) in an infrared image of the Cassini spacecraft (2011)

Belet ( Latin Belet ) -a dark albedo detail on the surface of Saturn's largest moon - Titan .

Content

Geography and geology

The coordinates of this area are ^[1] . To the west of it is dark detail of senkyo's albedo and east bright area - Adiri . Inside this area are the Arwen Hills . In the south it borders on the region of Concordia . The Belet area was discovered in images transmitted by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.

Eponym

Named after Paradise in Malay mythology. The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² Belet . 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.

Links

Map of Titanium with signatures on the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature website (PDF, 3.3 MB)

[gazetteer-1] ¹ ² Belet . 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.