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Nostromo Chasma
Nostromo Chasma cuts vertically across the terrain in this New Horizons photo, with Ripley Crater in the center.
Feature type
Chasma
Location
Between Oz Terra and Vulcan Planum
Discoverer
New Horizons
Naming
Informal
Eponym
Spaceship in the Alien films
Nostromo Chasma/nɒsˈtroʊmoʊˈkæzmə/ is the unofficial name for a rift valley on Pluto's moon Charon. It was named after the fictional spacecraft in the science-fiction/horror film Alien, which in turn was named after the novel by Joseph Conrad.
NostromoChasma /nɒsˈtroʊmoʊ ˈkæzmə/ is the unofficial name for a rift valley on Pluto's moon Charon. It was named after the fictional spacecraft in the...
valleys. The 2,000 km long Ithaca Chasma on Tethys in the Saturn system is a prominent example. Charon's NostromoChasma is the first confirmed in the Pluto...
the McCaffrey Dorsum. Beyond the ridge is a massive deep canyon, Caleuche Chasma. Due to Charon's current geological inactivity, Mordor Macula has been relatively...
is a mountain. Montes on Charon are named after authors and artists. A chasma (plural chasmata) is a deep, elongated, steep-sided depression. Charonian...
that extends for 1050 km. Other named chasmata are Tardis Chasma, NostromoChasma, and Argo Chasma which is 5 km deep. Charon's north polar region, Mordor...
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