O IP realmente não possui um registro PTR. Eu não posso pingar no momento. Outra ferramenta para tentar obter alguma informação é whois.
$ whois 209.85.251.242
NetRange: 209.85.128.0 - 209.85.255.255
CIDR: 209.85.128.0/17
OriginAS:
NetName: GOOGLE
NetHandle: NET-209-85-128-0-1
Parent: NET-209-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
RegDate: 2006-01-13
Updated: 2012-02-24
Ref: http://whois.arin.net/rest/net/NET-209-85-128-0-1
Você também pode tentar mtr.
$ mtr 209.85.251.242 -r -w -c 1
HOST: myhost Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- oscilloscope 0.0% 1 4.9 4.9 4.9 4.9 0.0
2.|-- 67.188.232.1 0.0% 1 132.7 132.7 132.7 132.7 0.0
3.|-- te-0-2-0-3-ur05.santaclara.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 1 113.4 113.4 113.4 113.4 0.0
4.|-- te-1-1-0-3-ar01.sfsutro.ca.sfba.comcast.net 0.0% 1 123.6 123.6 123.6 123.6 0.0
5.|-- he-3-9-0-0-cr01.sanjose.ca.ibone.comcast.net 0.0% 1 23.8 23.8 23.8 23.8 0.0
6.|-- pos-0-1-0-0-pe01.529bryant.ca.ibone.comcast.net 0.0% 1 206.6 206.6 206.6 206.6 0.0
7.|-- ??? 100.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Morrendo por mim na Comcast Equinix SV 8 em Palo Alto, CA.