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Utopia Planitia

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[pluh-nee-shuh] / pləˈni ʃə /

noun

  1. Astronomy. a plain in the northern hemisphere of Mars that was the landing site of the Viking II space probe on September 3, 1976.


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Their estimated date range for when the cracks and other dune features formed in Mars’ Utopia Planitia, a vast plain in the northern hemisphere: sometime after 1.4 million to 400,000 years ago or even younger.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2023

That mission’s rover, Zhurong, is currently exploring a Martian plain called Utopia Planitia, some 1,800 kilometers northeast of Perseverance’s location.

From Scientific American • Feb. 17, 2022

That’s what China‘s Tianwen-1 rover will be shooting for in Mars’ Utopia Planitia.

From Washington Times • Feb. 7, 2021

Officials have chosen a landing site not far from Jezero, along the southern edge of Utopia Planitia, a broad plain that may have been repaved by ancient flows of mud.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 31, 2020

It spread along the north seasonal polar cap edge in late northern winter in a region called Utopia Planitia.

From Slate • Dec. 11, 2012

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