 Location of the Coleta de Dados Colles on thedwarf planetPluto | |
| Feature type | Hills |
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| Location | WesternSputnik Planitia,Pluto |
| Discoverer | New Horizons |
| Naming | Satélite de Coleta de Dados |
TheColeta de Dados Colles are a cluster of hills ("colles") on the smooth plains ofSputnik Planitia on Pluto.[1] The hills are over 100 km from the major mountain ranges to the west (such as Zheng He Montes), and appear to be blocks of water ice floating in the densernitrogen ice of Sputnik Planitia.[2] The hills were informally named on 28 July 2015, by the research team of theNew Horizons mission after the first Brazilian satellite, theSatélite de Coleta de Dados ("Satellite for Data Collecting" inPortuguese).[3] The ridge's name has yet to be recognized officially by theIAU.
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