- Utopia Planitia
MarsGeo-Plains
name=Utopia Planitia
caption=PIA00571: Ice on Mars Utopia Planitia Again" (NASA /JPL )
location=northeast ofIsidis Planitia , northwest ofAetheria
latitude=49.7
N_or_S=N
longitude=118.0
E_or_W=E
area=
discoverer
naming=Utopia Planitia (
Latin : "Nowhere Plain") is the Martian region where theViking 2 lander touched down and began exploring onSeptember 3 ,1976 . It is located at the antipode ofArgyre Planitia , centered at coord|49.7|118.0|globe:Mars.Utopia Glacier inAntarctica is named for the region.References in popular culture
In the science fiction series "
Star Trek ", Utopia Planitia is referred to as the site of a major Federation shipyard. The USS "Enterprise-D", featured in ', the USS "Defiant", featured in ', and the USS "Voyager", featured in "", were built there.The Flaming Lips song "
Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) ", was released in 2002 on the album, "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots".ee also
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List of plains on Mars
*Geography of Mars External links
* [http://www.solarviews.com/cap/mgs/mgstopo8.htm Laser altimetry of the north pole of Mars] Utopia Planitia located in upper right
* [http://www.google.com/mars/#lat=48.806863&lon=115.3125&q=Utopia%20Planitia Google Mars scrollable map] - centered on Utopia Planitia
* [http://cmex-www.arc.nasa.gov/SiteCat/sitecat2/vikings2.htm VL2 Site: Utopia Planitia (NASA)]
* [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00576 PIA00576: Martian Sunrise at Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)]
* [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00530 PIA00530: Frost on Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)]
* [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA03796 PIA03796: Utopia Planitia (NASA Photojournal)]
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