Safronov Regio (Pluto)
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
- 740 km, 62 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 13.36° S, 209.49° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- September 22, 2023
- Origin of the name
Viktor; Russian astronomer who proposed the planetesimal hypothesis for how the Solar System formed from a disk of gas and dust around the Sun (1917-1999).
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Safronov 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 Safronov 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/16258
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms