Sputnik Planitia (IMAGE)

Hokkaido University

Sputnik Planitia

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The bright 'heart' on Pluto is located near the equator. Its left half is a big basin dubbed Sputnik Planitia. Figures created using images by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.

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Figures created using images by NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute.

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