Feature type Region Discoverer New Horizons | Location Pluto Naming Percival Lowell | |
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Lowell Regio /ˈloʊəl, ˈloʊl/ is a region on the dwarf planet Pluto. It was discovered by the New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. The region corresponds to the Plutonian northern polar cap. It is named after Percival Lowell who established the observatory where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto.
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