Pluto's Sputnik Planitia and Charon (IMAGE)

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Pluto's Sputnik Planitia and Charon

Caption

Pluto, shown here in the front of this false-color image, has a bright ice-covered 'heart.' The left, roughly oval lobe is the basin provisionally named Sputnik Planitia. Sputnik Planitia appears directly opposite Pluto's moon, Charon (back).

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NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI

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