Nostromo Chasma

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

Nostromo Chasma /nɒsˈtroʊmoʊ ˈkæzmə/ is 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

http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/pdfs/Charon-Map-Annotated.pdf

Pluto

Geography
(features)

Regions	"Brass Knuckles" Krun Ala Balrog Vucub-Came Hun-Came Meng-p'o Cadejo Cthulhu Hayabusa Lowell Morgoth Pioneer Tombaugh Venera Viking Voyager

Mountains	Challenger Colles Coleta de Dados Colles Hillary Montes Norgay Montes

Plains	Sputnik Planum

Valleys and depressions	Quidlivun Cavus

Lineae	Luna Linea

General	Atmosphere Geology

Moons

Charon
(features)

Regions	Gallifrey Mordor Vulcan

Mountains	Kubrick Mons

Chasms	Nostromo Chasma

Craters	Ripley Crater

Geology	Geology

Other moons

Astronomy

Definition	Alan Stern Definition of planet Double planet Dwarf planet IAU definition of planet International Astronomical Union Michael E. Brown Neil deGrasse Tyson Planet Plutino Plutoid Trans-Neptunian object

Discovery	Clyde Tombaugh James Christy Lowell Observatory Percival Lowell Planet X Roger Putnam

Eclipses	Solar eclipses on Pluto

General	Kuiper belt

Exploration

Current	Hubble Space Telescope New Horizons

Cancelled	Pluto Kuiper Express Mariner Mark II

Old proposals	Voyager 1 TAU

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