Al-Idrisi Montes (Pluto)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Mons, montes
- IAU definition
Mountain
- Diameter
- 383 km, 32 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 33.99° N, 156.01° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 8, 2017
- Origin of the name
Ash-Sharīf al-Idrīsī; Arabian mapmaker and geographer (1100–1165/66).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Al-Idrisi Montes.
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 Al-Idrisi Montes.
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/15672
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms