Neverland Regio (Charon)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Regio, regiones
- IAU definition
A large area marked by reflectivity or color distinctions from adjacent areas, or a broad geographic region
- Diameter
- 465 km, 77 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 85° N, 60° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- February 2, 2026
- Origin of the name
Neverland, a fictional island, the destination of Peter Pan and the Darling children in the 1904 play “Peter Pan; or, The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up” and the 1911 novel “Peter and Wendy” by Scottish novelist and dramatist J. M. Barrie (1860-1937).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Neverland Regio.
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 Neverland Regio.
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/16443
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms