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Challenger Colles
Feature type colles
Location Pluto
Length60 km
Width35 km
Discoverer New Horizons
Naming Space Shuttle Challenger

Challenger Colles is a range of hills on Pluto in Sputnik Planitia, discovered by New Horizons in July 2015. [1] It is named in honor of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which was destroyed with all seven crew lost on January 28, 1986. The name Challenger Colles became official on May 27, 2022. [2]

References

  1. ^ Talbert, Tricia (4 February 2016). "Pluto's Mysterious, Floating Hills". nasa.gov. NASA. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Planetary Names".