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    Planum Boreum (Latin: "the northern plain") is the northern polar plain on Mars. It extends northward from roughly 80°N and is centered at 88°00′N 15°00′E...
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  • Catholic titular see Planum Boreum, the northern polar plain on Mars This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Boreum. If an internal...
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  • rules of planetary nomenclature. Plains may be named denoted "planitia" or "planum", depending on height. Planitia (plural: planitiae) is Latin for plain....
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    Cerberus (Mars) Cydonia Eridania Lake Iani Chaos Olympia Undae Planum Australe Planum Boreum Quadrangles Sinus Meridiani Tempe Terra Terra Cimmeria Terra...
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    plateau called Planum Boreum. A similar kilometers-thick plateau, Planum Australe, lies in the south. Both plana (the Latin plural of planum) are sometimes...
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    from Earth is Syrtis Major Planum. The permanent northern polar ice cap is named Planum Boreum. The southern cap is called Planum Australe. Mars's equator...
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    Korolev (Martian crater) (category Mare Boreum quadrangle)
    Space Race in the 1950s and 1960s. Korolev crater is located on the Planum Boreum, the northern polar plain which surrounds the north polar ice cap, near...
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    Syrtis Major Planum (formerly Syrtis Major Planitia) is a massive shield volcano in the eastern hemisphere of Mars. A "dark spot" (an albedo feature),...
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    present on their surfaces. Dry ice accumulates in the north polar region (Planum Boreum) in winter only, subliming completely in summer, while the south polar...
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    permanent polar ice caps, the northern one located at Planum Boreum and the southern one at Planum Australe. The difference between Mars's highest and lowest...
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    Bernardini, F.; Safaeinili, A.; Seu, R. (2009). "Subsurface structure of Planum Boreum from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar soundings". Icarus. 204...
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    Martian surface; they are most prominent in Hesperia Planum, Syrtis Major Planum, Lunae Planum, Malea Planum, and the Syria-Solis-Sinai Plana in southern Tharsis...
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    surface of Mars. The existence of ice in the Martian northern (Planum Boreum) and southern (Planum Australe) polar caps has been known since the time of Mariner...
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    Olympia Undae (category Mare Boreum quadrangle)
    broad "sand sea" or erg that partly rings the north polar plateau (Planum Boreum) from about 120° to 240°E longitude and 78° to 83°N latitude. Stretching...
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    Rock is a basketball-sized iron-nickel meteorite found on the Meridiani Planum plain of Mars by the Mars rover Opportunity in January 2005. Informally...
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    the name "Canale Atlantico" for what later came to be called Syrtis Major Planum. The canals were named by Schiaparelli and others[who?] after both real...
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    Meridiani Planum (alternatively Terra Meridiani) is a large plain straddling the equator of Mars. The plain sits on top of an enormous body of sediments...
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    system.” Climate of Mars List of plains on Mars Martian polar ice caps Planum Boreum, the northern polar plain Orosei, R.; et al. (25 July 2018). "Radar...
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    recognized regions of Mars lie within it: Acidalia Planitia Arcadia Planitia Planum Boreum Utopia Planitia Vastitas Borealis One possible explanation for the basin's...
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  • investigation at Meridiani Planum. Science: 306. 1598-1703. Rodionov, D. et al. 2005. An iron-nickel meteorite on Meridiani Planum: observations by MER Opportunity's...
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