Ching-tu (Titan)

Ching-tu area on Titan infrared map

Ching-tu in the infrared image of the Cassini spacecraft (2011)

Ching-tu ( English Ching-tu ) -dark albedo detail on the surface of the largest satellite of Saturn - Titan .

Content

Geography

Coordinates of the area - ^[1] . To the north of it is light terrain - Adiri . In the northwest it borders on the Concordia region . To the east, there are two bands of Titan - the bands of Perkūnas and the strip of Khubal . The Ching-tou terrain was found on transmitted images of the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft .

Eponym

Named for the Chinese Buddhist paradise ^[1] . The name was approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2006 ^[1] .

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ Ching-tu (English) . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (1 October 2006). The appeal date is April 6, 2015. Archived April 6, 2015.

Links

Titan map with signatures on the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature website (PDF, 3.3 MB)

[gazetteer-1] ¹ ² ³ Ching-tu (English) . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (1 October 2006). The appeal date is April 6, 2015. Archived April 6, 2015.