Will HP Lovecraft's deity give his name to a feature on Pluto?
by Alison Flood from on (#EDFF)
A public vote to find names for the dwarf planet's mountains and craters is drawing inspiration from science fiction greats and fantasy characters
I have lately been glued to Stephen Baxter's novels Proxima and Ultima, about a mission to colonise a planet of Proxima Centauri, but, already in a space exploration mindset, I've wrenched myself away to pore over the incredible Pluto image from the New Horizons spacecraft. And in the course of doing so, I've seen that the team behind the mission have a list of proposed names for the craters and mountains on the dwarf planet and its moons that is deeply satisfying.
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