Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 25, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 25, 2017 NASA’s New Horizons, IAU Set Pluto Naming Themes Quote The International Astronomical Union (IAU) – the internationally recognized authority for naming celestial bodies and their surface features – has approved themes submitted by NASA’s New Horizons team for naming surface features on Pluto and its moons. In 2015, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft delivered the first close-up views of Pluto and its five moons – amazing images of distant and surprisingly complex worlds, showing a vast nitrogen glacier as well as ice mountains, canyons, cliffs, craters and more. The IAU’s action clears the way for the mission team to propose formal names for dozens of individual surface features. Read More: NASA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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