Zircon (Šteins)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Crater, craters
- IAU definition
A circular depression
- Diameter
- 1.8 km, 70 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 13.5° S, 335° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- May 9, 2012
- Origin of the name
Gemstone that is colorless in its pure form, but also found in yellows, browns, and reds.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Zircon.
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 Zircon.
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/14993
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms