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]
Moon | Charon |
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Coordinates | 25°30′N 51°24′W / 25.5°N 51.4°W[1] |
Diameter | 29.7 kilometres (18.5 mi) |
Discoverer | New Horizons |
Eponym | Sufi traveler from folklore |
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]