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Planum

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A feature termed planum is a topographically high-standing plain or plateau. These features are found on the terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Moon, and Mars, on Jupiter’s satellite Io, and on Neptune’s satellite Triton. The spatial extent (diameter) of a planum is a few hundred kilometers up to approximately 2,400 km (Lakshmi Planum, Venus). High-standing plains were created by (cryo-)volcanism and/or tectonism.

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  1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstraße 2, 12489, Berlin, Germany

    Roland J. Wagner

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  1. Centro de Biología Molecular, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Ricardo Amils

  2. Labo. d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux (LAB), Observatoire Aquitain des Sciences de l'Univers (OASU), Floirac CX, France

    Muriel Gargaud

  3. Centro de Astrobiología (CAB), Inst. Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain

    José Cernicharo Quintanilla

  4. Geophysical Lab., Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Henderson James Cleaves

  5. Astronomy Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA

    William M. Irvine

  6. Dépt. Sc. de la Terre et de l’Atmosphère, Université du Québec, Montréal, Montreal, Québec, Canada

    Daniele Pinti

  7. Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale (CNES) DPI/E2U, Paris CX, France

    Michel Viso

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Wagner, R.J. (2014). Planum. In: Amils, R., et al. Encyclopedia of Astrobiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27833-4_1233-4

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