Not to be confused with Nasireddin, an impact crater on Earth's Moon.
Nasreddin is a crater on Pluto's largest moon, Charon. The crater was first observed by NASA's New Horizons space probe on its flyby of Pluto in 2015. The name was chosen as a reference to Nasreddin, the hero of humorous folktales told throughout the Middle East, Southern Europe, and parts of Asia.[1]
Crater characteristics
Nasreddin crater appears in the center of this image
The location of Nasreddin crater is in the northern Pluto-facing hemisphere of Charon, north of Mandjet Chasma in a region informally called Oz Terra.[2] The crater has bright bluish rays, which have exposed both ammonia ice and water ice.[3]
^ ab"Nasreddin (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program.
^"International Astronomical Union". www.iau.org. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^Robbins, Stuart J.; Beyer, Ross A.; Spencer, John R.; et al. (January 2019). "Geologic Landforms and Chronostratigraphic History of Charon as Revealed by a Hemispheric Geologic Map". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 124 (1): 155–174. Bibcode:2019JGRE..124..155R. doi:10.1029/2018JE005684.
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