Huhuk (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
1.12° S, 152.3° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
December 18, 2020
Origin of the name

Pawnee (Central USA) Thunderbird, a huge long-necked bird with a forked, jagged tail. The beating of his wings causes thunder.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Huhuk.

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 Huhuk.

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/15972

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

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