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English: This map shows officially approved names of geographical features on Pluto. The source map on usgs.gov is updated when new names are approved by the ...
The geography of Pluto refers to the study and mapping of physical features across the dwarf planet Pluto. On 14 July 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft became the first spacecraft to fly by Pluto. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] During its brief flyby, New Horizons made detailed geographical measurements and observations of Pluto and its moons .
A map of Pluto showing the names officially approved by the IAU as of 12 February 2025, along with many informal names in bold and italics. This is a list of named geological features on Pluto, identified by scientists working with data from the New Horizons spacecraft.
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NASA has released a map of Pluto's surface made from images recently taken by the New Horizons probe and it includes some quite mysterious features. Particularly notable is the lightened area ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Geography of Pluto" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 ...
Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume by a small margin, but is less massive than Eris.
It was reported that the name Cthulhu may be submitted to the IAU as an official name. [5] [22] Cthulhu Macula was initially called a regio, but was renamed as the largest of the maculae that span Pluto's equator. [1] [2] On 22 September 2023, the name "Belton Regio" was approved by the IAU for the feature, after astronomer Michael J. Belton. [23]