Space: Pluto has a large heart-shaped plain on its surface — T…

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Did you know? Pluto has a large heart-shaped plain on its surface — Tombaugh Regio. It is mostly frozen nitrogen, which flows slowly under gravity like glaciers on Earth. New Horizons only discovered this in 2015.

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Pluto has a large heart-shaped plain on its surface — Tombaugh Regio. It is mostly frozen nitrogen, which flows slowly under gravity like glaciers on Earth. New Horizons only discovered this in 2015.

Pluto heeft een groot hartvormig vlak op zijn oppervlak — Tombaugh Regio. Het bestaat grotendeels uit bevroren stikstof, dat onder zwaartekracht traag stroomt zoals gletsjers op aarde. New Horizons ontdekte dit pas in 2015.

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