Evidence for possible N2 basal flow beneath Pluto northern Sputnik Planitia

arXiv:2606.27200 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-06-25 · Read on arXiv

S. Alan Stern, Orkan Umurhan, Gary D. Clow, Robert S. Anderson, Alan Howard, Kelsi N. Singer, the New Horizons Team

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-06-25

Comments: 42 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Sputnik Planitia — 16× in this paper
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Dark Cellular Plains — 1× in this paper
• Hubble Space Telescope — 1× in this paper

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