Tsiipiya Terra (Titan)
Data as of 2026-10-23
What it is
- Type
- Terra, terrae
- IAU definition
Extensive land mass
- Diameter
- 573.2 km, 22 % of the radius of its body
- Centre
- 2.83° N, 19.88° east (planetocentric latitude, east longitude from 0 to 360°, the IAU convention)
- Name adopted
- August 24, 2017
- Origin of the name
Hopi name for Mount Taylor (New Mexico, US), as a sacred mountain.
Quoted in English, as the IAU publishes it.
In Galaxy
Opens its body in the application, the camera turned towards Tsiipiya Terra.
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 Tsiipiya Terra.
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/15654
Type definitions: IAU Descriptor Terms, read on October 17, 2026. https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/DescriptorTerms