Borealis Planitia /bɒriːˈeɪɪs pləˈnɪʃiə/ is a large plain on Mercury with a smooth floor, thought to be similar to a lunar mare. It is centered at 73...
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Caloris Planitia /kəˈlɔːrɪs pləˈnɪʃ(i)ə/ is a plain within a large impact basin on Mercury, informally named Caloris, about 1,550 km (960 mi) in diameter...
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basin on the planet Mars Borealis quadrangle, an area on the planet Mercury Borealis Planitia, a basin within the quadrangle Borealis (train), an Amtrak inter-city...
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North Polar Basin (Mars) (redirect from Borealis basin)
regions of Mars lie within it: Acidalia Planitia Arcadia Planitia Planum Boreum Utopia Planitia Vastitas Borealis One possible explanation for the basin's...
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Utopia Planitia (Greek and Latin: "Utopia Land Plain") is a large plain within Utopia, the largest recognized impact basin on Mars and in the Solar System...
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Algeria Plain Apārangi Planitia 6.7 289.38 Māori word for Mercury Borealis Planitia 73.4 79.5 Latin for 'northern plain' Budh Planitia 22 150.9 Hindu word...
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obscured Utopia Planitia is slightly larger (the Borealis Basin, if it proves to be an impact crater, is considerably larger). Hellas Planitia is thought to...
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that have accumulated over billions of years. Its largest crater, Caloris Planitia, has a diameter of 1,550 km (960 mi), which is about one-third the diameter...
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crater Strindberg and in Suisei Planitia, are included in these counts. The plains materials that lie outside Borealis Planitia are distributed in irregular...
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Astor Piazzolla, who lived from 1921 to 1992. Piazzolla lies within Borealis Planitia. It is north of Canova and Kyōsai craters and south of Sousa. "Piazzolla"...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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that covered all of the northern lowlands including Acidalia Planitia. The Vastitas Borealis Formation (VBF) stretched across both Utopia and Acidalia Planitiae...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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long. Stilbon Planitia is one of four named plains that surround the Caloris basin (with Mearcair Planitia, Tir Planitia, and Odin Planitia). All of these...
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Mearcair Planitia is a large plain on the planet Mercury. The name Mearcair is the Irish and Scottish Gaelic word for "Mercury", and the name was approved...
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contains hollows. Namatjira lies on the western margin of a part of the Borealis Planitia. To the west of Namatjira is Boznańska crater, and to the south are...
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Otaared Planitia is a smooth plain on Mercury. It was named for the Arabic word for the planet Mercury, in 2017 by the IAU. The plain is approximately...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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Utaridi Planitia is a large plain in the southern hemisphere of Mercury. Most of it is in the Debussy quadrangle, but it extends to the east into Neruda...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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rough topography, as opposed to smooth plains (such as Apārangi Planitia or Borealis Planitia). The intracrater plains are saturated with secondary craters...
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crater pair with Brontë to the north. Both lie near the center of Sobkou Planitia. The crater's floor contains cracks that formed as the pool of impact melt...
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Apārangi Planitia is a large plain on Mercury, approximately 1077 km across. It was named in 2017 by the IAU. The crater Faulkner forms the northeastern...
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sculptor Myron, who lived from 480 to 440 BCE. Myron is within the vast Borealis Planitia. The closest named feature is the crater Monteverdi to the south....
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rough topography, as opposed to smooth plains (such as Apārangi Planitia or Borealis Planitia). The intracrater plains are saturated with secondary craters...
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Apārangi Planitia Borealis Planitia Budh Planitia Caloris Planitia Mearcair Planitia Odin Planitia Sobkou Planitia Stilbon Planitia Suisei Planitia Tir Planitia...
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Grieg, who lived from 1843 to 1907. Grieg lies within a part of the Borealis Planitia. To the west of it is Sor Juana crater, and to the southeast is Monet...
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in October 2008, with Kuiper crater near center Smooth plains of Borealis Planitia imaged by MESSENGER during the third flyby of the planet. An image...
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of Solitudo Persephones (later Neruda), Liguria (later Raditladi), and Borealis quadrangles. Mariner 10 also discovered that Mercury has a tenuous atmosphere...
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