Powehiwehi (Rhea)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 271.2 km, 36 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 8.2° S, 79.6° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- April 23, 2010
- Origin of the name
The first female being in Hawaiian myth, parent (with Pouliuli) of all the creatures in the ocean.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Powehiwehi.
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 Powehiwehi.
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/14686
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms