Nostromo Chasma

{{Short description|Surface feature on the Plutonian moon Charon}}

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|name = Nostromo Chasma

|image = File:Ripley Crater in Enhanced Color.jpg

|caption = Nostromo Chasma cuts vertically across the terrain in this New Horizons photo, with Ripley Crater in the center.

|type = Chasma

|location = Between Oz Terra and Vulcan Planitia

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|discoverer = New Horizons

|naming = Informal

|eponym = Spaceship in the Alien films

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Nostromo Chasma {{IPAc-en|n|ɒ|s|ˈ|t|r|oʊ|m|oʊ|_|ˈ|k|æ|z|m|ə}} 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.

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Category:Extraterrestrial valleys

Category:Rifts and grabens

Category:Surface features of Charon

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