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.
External links
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20160309101018/http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/pdfs/Charon-Map-Annotated.pdf
References
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Category:Extraterrestrial valleys
Category:Surface features of Charon
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