Alicanto (Bennu)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 0.1 km, 41 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 0.08° S, 111.93° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- December 18, 2020
- Origin of the name
Chilean mythological nocturnal bird whose wings shine at night with metallic colors so bright that cast no shadow. It lives in small caves and eats metal ores, weight of which gives no possibility to fly.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Alicanto.
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 Alicanto.
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/15976
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms