Sputnik Planitia
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom being a low plain in a basin (a planitia; from Latin planitia). named after the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. From Russian спу́тник (spútnik).
Proper noun
edit- A plain in Tombaugh Regio, Pluto, Solar System, the western lobe of the Heart of Pluto.
Synonyms
edit- Sputnik Planum (former name)
Further reading
edit- Sputnik Planitia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia