Jump to content

Nostromo Chasma

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ArmbrustBot (talk | contribs) at 16:15, 8 September 2016 (External links: re-categorisation per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2016 July 12, replaced: Category:Rift valleys → Category:Rifts and grabens using AWB). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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

Nostromo Chasma /nɒsˈtr[invalid input: 'oh']m[invalid input: 'oh'] 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.