Sputnik Planitia

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Etymology

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From being a low plain in a basin (a planitia; from Latin planitia). named after the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1. From Russian спу́тник (spútnik).

Proper noun

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Sputnik Planitia

  1. A plain in Tombaugh Regio, Pluto, Solar System, the western lobe of the Heart of Pluto.

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