The first spacecraft to travel to Pluto, New Horizons will get close to, but not land on, the icy planet. On board the spacecraft are some of the cremated ashes of Tombaugh, who died in 1997.

Pluto may have been demoted, but its family is getting bigger and bigger. Now, two of the dwarf planet’s tiniest moons need names — and that honor has fallen to you.

Pluto features given first official names. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 09 / 170907112411.htm. International Astronomical Union.

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named 14 features on Pluto's surface. The various mountains, ridges and valleys have all been given titles that honor influential ...

Pluto’s first official surface-feature names are marked on this map, compiled from images and data gathered by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft during its flight through the Pluto system in 2015.

Alexandra Schwartz considers how we will name the surface features of Pluto, Charon, and the dwarf planet’s other moons after NASA’s New Horizons mission.

Pluto, we have a problem: Some geographical names may not fly on official maps. by Alan Boyle on August 25, 2015 at 2:38 pm August 25, 2015 at 3:16 pm ...

And instead of being given fancy names and symbols, they would be labeled with numbers based on when they were discovered or their determination of orbit. This bring us to Pluto.

image: Pluto's first official surface-feature names are marked on this map, compiled from images and data gathered by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its flight through the Pluto system in ...