Tung Yo Fluctus (Io)

Data as of 2026-10-23

What it is

Type
Fluctus, fluctūs
IAU definition

Flow terrain

Diameter
457.9 km, 25 % of the radius of its body
Centre
17.32° S, 3.49° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
Name adopted
1985
Origin of the name

Chinese fire god.

Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.

In Galaxy

See it in Galaxy

Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Tung Yo Fluctus.

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 Tung Yo Fluctus.

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/6130

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

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