Nostromo Chasma
Surface feature on the Plutonian moon Charon
 Nostromo Chasma cuts vertically across the terrain in this New Horizons photo, with Ripley Crater in the center. | |
| Feature type | Chasma |
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| Location | Between Oz Terra and Vulcan Planum |
| Discoverer | New Horizons |
| Naming | Informal |
| Eponym | Spaceship in the Alien films |
Nostromo Chasma /nɒsˈtroʊmoʊ ˈkæzmə/ 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nostromo Chasma.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160309101018/http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/Multimedia/Science-Photos/pdfs/Charon-Map-Annotated.pdf
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