Sputnik Planitia /ˈspʌtnɪk pləˈnɪʃiə, ˈspʊt-/ (formerly Sputnik Planum) is a large, partially glaciated basin on Pluto. About 1,400 by 1,200 km (870 by...

Western parts of Sputnik Planitia there are fields of transverse dunes formed by the winds blowing from the center of Sputnik Planitia in the direction...

the atmosphere from Sputnik Planitia, and then deposited as ice. Some of this nitrogen ice then returns to Sputnik Planitia via glacial flow. The region...

of Sputnik Planitia near Al-Idrisi Montes, there are fields of transverse dunes formed by the winds, which blow from the center of Sputnik Planitia in...

activity. Geologic map of Sputnik Planitia and surroundings (context), with convection cell margins outlined in black Sputnik Planitia appears to be composed...

miles), it is the second-largest known impact basin on Pluto, after the Sputnik Planitia basin. Burney is the only impact basin with visible multiple rings...

by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, it is located southwest of Sputnik Planitia within Hyecho Palus, adjacent to the Tenzing Montes and Belton Regio...

honoring astronomer Michael J. Belton. The macula lies west of the Sputnik Planitia region of Tombaugh Regio, also known as Pluto's "heart", and to the...

complex. Although Sputnik Planitia represents the youngest surface on Pluto, it is not a cryovolcanic structure; Sputnik Planitia continuously resurfaces...

Sputnik (rural locality), a list of rural localities in Russia Sputnik, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Sputnik Islands, Ob' Bay, Antarctica Sputnik Planitia...

of the dwarf planet Pluto. It is located near the western border of Sputnik Planitia in Tombaugh Regio. These mountains were first viewed by the New Horizons...

Dados Colles are a cluster of hills ("colles") on the smooth plains of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto. The hills are over 100 km from the major mountain ranges...

located northwest of Tenzing Montes in the southwest border area of Sputnik Planitia in the south of Tombaugh Regio (or the part of Tombaugh Regio south...

Solid nitrogen on the plains of Sputnik Planitia (on the bottom-right side of the image) on Pluto next to water ice mountains (on the up-left side of the...

Solid nitrogen on the plains of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto next to water ice mountains....

extent of Triton's volatile distribution (in strong contrast to Pluto's Sputnik Planitia ice sheet). However, the extent of Triton's polar caps may be significantly...

2021). "Tectonism and Enhanced Cryovolcanic Potential Around a Loaded Sputnik Planitia Basin, Pluto". Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. 126. Bibcode:2021JGRE...

Colles Hillary Montes Piccard Mons Tenzing Montes Wright Mons Plains Sputnik Planitia Valleys and depressions Adlivun Cavus Lineae Luna Linea Craters Burney...

range of icy mountains on Pluto, bordering the southwest region of Sputnik Planitia and the nearby Hillary Montes and Wright Mons. With peaks reaching...

the surface of Pluto, southwest of the Norgay Montes and adjacent to Sputnik Planitia. It was discovered in 2015 by the spacecraft New Horizons and named...

A geological map of the Sputnik Planitia basin on the dwarf planet Pluto. Analysis of planetary surfaces and surface features is a major component of planetary...

convection of a global methane and nitrogen ice glacier, similar to Pluto's Sputnik Planitia. Spectroscopic observations by the JWST support the idea that Eris's...

Challenger Colles is a range of hills on Pluto near the eastern edge of Sputnik Planitia. Discovered by the New Horizons team in July 2015, It is named in honor...

years before freezing, possibly driving cryovolcanic resurfacing of Vulcan Planitia. Radiogenic heat from Charon's core could then melt a second subsurface...

Colles Hillary Montes Piccard Mons Tenzing Montes Wright Mons Plains Sputnik Planitia Valleys and depressions Adlivun Cavus Lineae Luna Linea Craters Burney...

"Primordial N2 provides a cosmo chemical explanation for the existence of Sputnik Planitia, Pluto". Icarus. 313: 79–92. arXiv:1805.09285. Bibcode:2018Icar..313...

– Tenzing Montes (left-foreground); Hillary Montes (left-skyline); Sputnik Planitia (right) Near-sunset view includes several layers of atmospheric haze...

Close-up view of Sputnik Planitia on Pluto as viewed by the New Horizons spacecraft, showing nitrogen ice glaciers and reddish-colored tholins....

Colles Hillary Montes Piccard Mons Tenzing Montes Wright Mons Plains Sputnik Planitia Valleys and depressions Adlivun Cavus Lineae Luna Linea Craters Burney...

with multiple layers in the atmosphere of Pluto. Part of the plain Sputnik Planitia with nearby mountains is seen below. Photo by New Horizons, taken 15...