Surface feature · Pluto

Sputnik Planitia

The vast nitrogen-ice plain that forms the western lobe of Pluto's bright 'heart'. Its ice slowly churns in convection cells and flows like a glacier, keeping the surface young.

Ice Plain & Glacier On Pluto

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›Pluto's churning nitrogen-ice glacier

New Horizons

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Member of groupIce Plain & Glacier
Located onPluto
Associated withNew Horizons

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Sputnik Planitia

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Sputnik Planitia

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