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Small depression on the surface of Pluto
Adlivun Cavus
Feature typecavus
LocationSouthern Sputnik Planitia, Pluto
Coordinates15°24′S 188°51′E / 15.400°S 188.850°E / -15.400; 188.850
Diameter~21.4 km
DiscovererNew Horizons
Namingadlivun spirits

Adlivun Cavus is a small depression on the southern tip of Sputnik Planitia, which is a basin on the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.

The name is from the Inuktitut adlivun, "those beneath us", referring to the souls of the departed and by extension to the underworld itself. The name was officially approved by the International Astronomical Union in 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Adlivun Cavus". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS Astrogeology Research Program. (Center Latitude: -15.40°, Center Longitude: 188.86°)
  2. Franz Boaz (1888) "The Central Eskimo", in Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology. Smithsonian Institution, Washington.
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