Pluto and the icy worlds of the Kuiper Belt

artiteacher Floating mountains made of rock-hard ice

artiteacher The heart of Pluto

My heart beats cold, heart beats cold, Yeah we're blowing winds through the dark!

artiteacher The giant glowing heart made of ice

artiteacher Pluto's mountains are made of rock-hard water ice floating on nitrogen.

artiteacher Pluto features a massive heart-shaped glacier made of nitrogen ice.

BETA

artiteacher s Heart (Nice action, cute) * Pluto's Little Heart

Fun Fact

Pluto's giant heart: The heart-shaped glacier on Pluto, Sputnik Planitia, is so massive it is roughly the size of Texas and Oklahoma combined.

Glossary

glacier (noun)
A slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow. In 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft discovered a vast nitrogen glacier within Pluto's bright Tombaugh Regio.

Gossip

Would you spend a year living on icy Pluto?

Quiz

What substance forms the smooth, crater-free glacier Sputnik Planitia on Pluto?

artiteacher A historic nine-year journey across space

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How long did it take the New Horizons spacecraft to reach Pluto after launching?

artiteacher A surprisingly blue sky in deep space

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In what year did NASA's New Horizons spacecraft make its historic flyby of Pluto?

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What name is given to the reddish-brown organic molecules on Pluto's surface?

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What color is the atmospheric haze surrounding Pluto when backlit by the Sun?

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What material makes up Pluto's giant mountains, which float like icebergs?

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How cold is the surface of Pluto on average?

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What is the official name of the massive heart-shaped region on Pluto?