Kubrick Mons: Difference between revisions

|type = Moated mountain

|location = [[Vulcan Planitia]], [[Charon]]

|coordinates = {{coord|3.6|N|30.8|E|globe:charon_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

|diameter = {{convert|20-2540|km|mi}}

|discoverer = ''[[New Horizons]]''

'''Kubrick Mons''' is the name given to the largest of a series of mountain peaks on Pluto's moon [[Charon (moon)|Charon]] that rise out of depressions in the ground in the [[Vulcan PlanumPlanitia]] plainregion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.space.com/29970-pluto-moon-charon-mountain-photo.html|title=Pluto's Big Moon Charon Has a Bizarre Mountain in a Moat|work=Space.com|accessdatedate=16 July 2015 |access-date=7 October 2015}}</ref><ref name=Cryo>{{cite web|last1=Desch|first1=S.J.|last2=Neveu|first2=M.|title=Differentiation and Cryovolcanism in the Pluto-Charon System|url=http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2016/pdf/1647.pdf|website=USRA Houston|publisher=School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University|accessdateaccess-date=4 October 2016}}</ref> The feature was first recorded by the Long Range Reconnaissance Imager (LORRI) aboard the ''[[New Horizons]]'' spacecraft during a flyby on July 15, 2017July 2015.

Kubrick Mons has a diameter betweenof {{convert|20|and|2540|km|mi}} and is {{convert|3-4|km|mi}} in height.<ref name=Cryo /> The feature is surrounded by a [[moat]] which has a depth of {{convert|1-2|km|mi}} below the surrounding area.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Moore, J. M.|last2=Spenser, J. R.|last3=Mckinnon, W. B.|last4=Beyer, R. A.|title=The Geology of Charon as Revealed by New Horizons|journal=International Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) Conference 2017|date=Apr 10, 2017|volume=LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE AND EXPLORATION|url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20170009828|access-date=3 April 2018}}</ref> {{As of|April 2018}}, itIt is not currently known how Kubrick Mons formed; however, there is speculation that Kubrick Mons may be a [[cryovolcanism|cryovolcano]] and the depression may be the result of a shrinking chamber of water and ammonia.<ref name=Cryo /> {{asofas of|20182019|511}} this hypothesis remains to be confirmedunconfirmed.

The mountain was named after film director [[Stanley Kubrick]]. Official approval of the name was announced by the [[International Astronomical Union]] on 11 April 2018.<ref name="IAU">{{cite web|title=Pluto’sPluto's Largest Moon, Charon, Gets Its First Official Feature Names|url=https://www.iau.org/news/pressreleases/detail/iau1803/|website=International Astronomical Union|access-date=21 February 2019}}</ref> It is sometimes called Charon's '''{{em|Mountain in a Moat'''}} or more simply '''{{em|Moat Mountain'''}}.

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