Sputnik Planitia
Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From 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