List of craters in the Solar System
Appearance
This is a list of officially named craters in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. As of 2017, there is a total of 5,223 craters on 40 astronomical bodies, which includes minor planets (asteroids and dwarf planets), planets, and natural satellites.[1] All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme.[2] For completeness, the list also refers to the craters on § Earth, which naming process is not overseen by IAU's WGPSN.
- lunar: 1,624 craters (31.2%)
- Martian: 1,092 craters (21.0%)
- Venerian: 900 craters (17.3%)
- Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%)
- Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%)
Amalthea (2)
[edit]Feature | Diameter | Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gaea | 80 km | 1979 | Gaia, Greek mother earth goddess who brought Zeus to Crete | WGPSN |
Pan | 100 km | 1979 | Pan, Greek goat-god son of Amalthea and Hermes | WGPSN |
Ariel (17)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abans | 15°30′S 108°42′W / 15.5°S 108.7°W | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of the iron mines | WGPSN |
Agape | 46°54′S 23°30′W / 46.9°S 23.5°W | 34 | 1988 | Spirit in Spenser's Fairy Queene | WGPSN |
Ataksak | 53°06′S 135°42′W / 53.1°S 135.7°W | 22 | 1988 | Eskimo benevolent spirit | WGPSN |
Befana | 17°00′S 31°54′E / 17°S 31.9°E | 21 | 1988 | Good spirit who fills Italian children's stockings with toys on twelfth night | WGPSN |
Berylune | 22°30′S 32°06′W / 22.5°S 32.1°W | 29 | 1988 | Good spirit in Maeterlinck's The Bluebird | WGPSN |
Deive | 22°18′S 23°00′E / 22.3°S 23°E | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of beautiful maiden | WGPSN |
Djadek | 12°00′S 108°54′W / 12°S 108.9°W | 22 | 1988 | Czech ancestral benevolent spirit and household guardian | WGPSN |
Domovoy | 71°30′S 20°18′W / 71.5°S 20.3°W | 71 | 1988 | Slavic spirit protector of home | WGPSN |
Finvara | 15°48′S 19°00′E / 15.8°S 19°E | 31 | 1988 | Irish king of spirits; provided horses and wine to men | WGPSN |
Gwyn | 77°30′S 22°30′E / 77.5°S 22.5°E | 34 | 1988 | Irish god of battle; leads men's souls to Annwn | WGPSN |
Huon | 37°48′S 33°42′E / 37.8°S 33.7°E | 40 | 1988 | Replaced Oberon as King of Spirits when Oberon died | WGPSN |
Laica | 21°18′S 44°24′E / 21.3°S 44.4°E | 30 | 1988 | Inca good spirit | WGPSN |
Mab | 38°48′S 7°48′W / 38.8°S 7.8°W | 34 | 1988 | Queen of Spirits dethroned Titania | WGPSN |
Melusine | 52°54′S 8°54′E / 52.9°S 8.9°E | 50 | 1988 | Spirit heroine of medieval French story | WGPSN |
Oonagh | 21°54′S 115°36′W / 21.9°S 115.6°W | 39 | 1988 | Irish Queen of Fairies | WGPSN |
Rima | 18°18′S 99°12′W / 18.3°S 99.2°W | 41 | 1988 | Spirit in Hudson's Green Mansions | WGPSN |
Yangoor | 68°42′S 80°18′W / 68.7°S 80.3°W | 78 | 1988 | Spirit that brings day | WGPSN |
Arrokoth (1)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sky | – | 6.8 | 2021 | The English word "sky" | WGPSN |
Callisto (141)
[edit]Ceres (90)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abellio | 33°12′N 66°55′W / 33.2°N 66.91°W | 32 | 2015 | Gaul god of the apple tree | WGPSN |
Achita | 25°49′N 65°58′E / 25.82°N 65.96°E | 40 | 2015 | Nigerian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Annona | 48°08′S 8°26′E / 48.14°S 8.43°E | 60 | 2015 | Roman goddess of crops and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Anura | 13°55′S 11°47′E / 13.92°S 11.79°E | 37 | 2015 | Arawakan (Guyana) spirit of the tobacco seeds | WGPSN |
Aristaeus | 23°26′N 97°41′E / 23.43°N 97.68°E | 35.8 | 2016 | Greek god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Asari | 83°02′N 40°07′W / 83.03°N 40.12°W | 56 | 2015 | Syrian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Attis | 73°04′S 102°10′W / 73.07°S 102.16°W | 22 | 2015 | Greek/Phrygian god of vegetation and of fertility | WGPSN |
Azacca | 6°40′S 141°36′W / 6.66°S 141.6°W | 49.91 | 2015 | Haitian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Begbalel | 17°43′N 34°39′W / 17.71°N 34.65°W | 102 | 2016 | Yap Islands (Caroline Islands Micronesia) guardian of the taro fields who controls the yield of the crops | WGPSN |
Belun | 33°43′S 3°45′W / 33.71°S 3.75°W | 36.04 | 2015 | Belarus god of the fields | WGPSN |
Besua | 42°21′S 59°47′W / 42.35°S 59.79°W | 17 | 2015 | Egyptian grain god | WGPSN |
Bilwis | 86°12′N 79°36′E / 86.2°N 79.6°E | 7 | 2017 | German corn spirit | WGPSN |
Binayo | 86°24′N 145°12′E / 86.4°N 145.2°E | 16 | 2017 | Philippine (Hanunoo/Mangyan Mindoro Island) female spirit caretaker of the rice spirits | WGPSN |
Bonsu | 1°44′N 93°13′E / 1.74°N 93.21°E | 31 | 2015 | Bateg/Batek (Malaysia) god who watches over the fruits and flowers | WGPSN |
Braciaca | 22°46′S 84°22′E / 22.77°S 84.37°E | 8 | 2016 | Celtic god of malt | WGPSN |
Cacaguat | 1°11′S 143°37′E / 1.19°S 143.61°E | 13.6 | 2016 | Nicaraguan god of cacao | WGPSN |
Cachimana | 85°12′N 146°48′W / 85.2°N 146.8°W | 18 | 2017 | Atabapo and Inirida tribes’ (Upper Orinoco River region Venezuela) vegetation god who ripens the crops and controls the seasons | WGPSN |
Centeotl | 18°57′N 141°13′E / 18.95°N 141.22°E | 6 | 2016 | Mexican god/goddess of maize and agriculture | WGPSN |
Chaminuka | 58°35′S 131°12′E / 58.58°S 131.2°E | 122 | 2015 | Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts | WGPSN |
Coniraya | 39°54′N 65°44′E / 39.9°N 65.73°E | 135 | 2015 | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation | WGPSN |
Consus | 20°42′S 159°30′W / 20.7°S 159.5°W | 64 | 2016 | Italian agricultural god who watched over the harvested and stored crop | WGPSN |
Cozobi | 45°20′N 72°41′W / 45.33°N 72.69°W | 24 | 2015 | Zapotec (S. Mexico) god of maize and of abundant food | WGPSN |
Dada | 58°38′N 23°14′W / 58.63°N 23.24°W | 12 | 2015 | Nigerian god of vegetables | WGPSN |
Dantu | 24°18′N 138°14′E / 24.3°N 138.23°E | 126 | 2015 | Ghanan god associated with the planting of the corn | WGPSN |
Darzamat | 44°13′S 76°24′E / 44.21°S 76.4°E | 92 | 2015 | Darzamate Dārza-māte; Latvian spirit "Mother of the garden." | WGPSN |
Datan | 59°30′N 107°41′W / 59.5°N 107.69°W | 60 | 2015 | Polish god of the tilling of the soil | WGPSN |
Dikhan | 81°48′N 78°06′E / 81.8°N 78.1°E | 21 | 2017 | Dikhan baba; Kazakh preislamic deity of farming | WGPSN |
Doliku | 40°47′S 5°53′E / 40.79°S 5.88°E | 15 | 2015 | Dahomey (Benin) god of the fields | WGPSN |
Duginavi | 39°12′N 4°17′E / 39.2°N 4.29°E | 155 | 2016 | Kogi (N. Colombia) god who taught people agriculture | WGPSN |
Ernutet | 52°56′N 45°31′E / 52.93°N 45.52°E | 53.4 | 2015 | Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest | WGPSN |
Enzinu | 43°14′N 164°18′W / 43.24°N 164.3°W | 116 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of the grain | WGPSN |
Fejokoo | 29°09′N 47°53′W / 29.15°N 47.89°W | 68 | 2015 | Nigerian god who supplied the yams | WGPSN |
Fluusa | 31°19′S 178°13′E / 31.31°S 178.22°E | 60 | 2015 | Oscan (ancient S. Italy) goddess of flowers counterpart of Roman goddess Flora | WGPSN |
Gaue | 30°49′N 86°10′E / 30.81°N 86.16°E | 80 | 2015 | Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made in harvesting the rye | WGPSN |
Geshtin | 57°00′N 101°11′W / 57°N 101.19°W | 80 | 2015 | Sumerian/Babylonian goddess of the vine | WGPSN |
Ghanan | 76°34′N 30°46′E / 76.56°N 30.76°E | 68 | 2015 | Mayan god of maize | WGPSN |
Hakumyi | 51°25′N 27°45′E / 51.42°N 27.75°E | 29.2 | 2016 | Paraguay Brazil and Bolivia spirit helpful in gardening | WGPSN |
Hamori | 60°52′S 79°26′E / 60.86°S 79.44°E | 60 | 2015 | Japanese god protector of tree leaves | WGPSN |
Hatipowa | 16°05′S 2°17′W / 16.08°S 2.29°W | 40 | 2016 | Indian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Haulani | 5°48′N 10°46′E / 5.8°N 10.77°E | 34 | 2015 | Hau-lani; Hawaiian plant goddess | WGPSN |
Heneb | 10°52′N 168°58′W / 10.87°N 168.96°W | 39 | 2015 | Egyptian god of grain produce and vineyards | WGPSN |
Homshuk | 11°14′N 94°04′E / 11.23°N 94.06°E | 70 | 2015 | Popoluca (S. Mexico) spirit of corn (maize) | WGPSN |
Ialonus | 48°09′N 168°32′E / 48.15°N 168.53°E | 16.5 | 2016 | British god of the cultivated field and of the meadows | WGPSN |
Ikapati | 33°50′N 45°37′E / 33.84°N 45.61°E | 50 | 2015 | Philippine goddess of the cultivated lands | WGPSN |
Inamahari | 14°08′N 89°13′E / 14.13°N 89.22°E | 68 | 2015 | Ancient Siouan (S. Carolina USA) pair of male and female deities invoked for success at the sowing season | WGPSN |
Insitor | 10°43′S 124°52′E / 10.71°S 124.87°E | 26 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity in charge of the sowing | WGPSN |
Jaja | 52°05′N 125°16′E / 52.09°N 125.27°E | 22 | 2015 | Abkhazian (Transcaucasia) harvest goddess | WGPSN |
Jarimba | 24°05′S 21°15′E / 24.08°S 21.25°E | 69 | 2015 | Arunta/Aranda (Australia) god of flowers and fruit | WGPSN |
Jarovit | 67°54′N 75°16′W / 67.9°N 75.26°W | 66 | 2015 | Slavic god of fertility and harvest who comes down to the Underworld after every harvest and returns to a usual world every spring | WGPSN |
Juling | 35°54′S 168°29′E / 35.9°S 168.48°E | 20 | 2015 | Sakai/Orang Asli (Malaysia) spirit of the crops | WGPSN |
Kaikara | 42°49′N 137°34′W / 42.82°N 137.57°W | 72 | 2015 | Konjo and Banyoro/Nyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest | WGPSN |
Kait | 2°06′S 137°34′W / 2.1°S 137.57°W | 0.4 | 2015 | Hattic goddess of grain (Asia Minor) | WGPSN |
Kerwan | 10°46′S 123°59′E / 10.77°S 123.99°E | 280 | 2015 | Hopi spirit of the sprouting maize (Arizona SW USA) | WGPSN |
Kiriamma | 50°19′N 126°20′E / 50.32°N 126.33°E | 18.7 | 2016 | Veddan (Sri Lanka) goddess provider of food ("Milk mother") | WGPSN |
Kirnis | 4°54′N 95°42′W / 4.9°N 95.7°W | 115 | 2015 | Lithuanian spirit guardian of cherry trees | WGPSN |
Kondos | 19°20′S 17°19′E / 19.34°S 17.31°E | 44 | 2015 | Finnish agricultural deity | WGPSN |
Kumitoga | 10°05′S 178°50′E / 10.09°S 178.83°E | 96 | 2015 | Polynesian goddess of plant life | WGPSN |
Kupalo | 39°26′S 173°12′E / 39.44°S 173.2°E | 26 | 2015 | Russian god of vegetation and of the harvest | WGPSN |
Laukumate | 65°02′N 159°25′E / 65.03°N 159.42°E | 29.7 | 2016 | Latvian spirit "Mother of the fields." | WGPSN |
Liber | 42°34′N 37°48′E / 42.56°N 37.8°E | 23 | 2015 | Roman god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Lociyo | 6°32′S 131°10′W / 6.53°S 131.17°W | 37.8 | 2016 | Zapotec (Mexico) deity to whom a ceremony is performed when the first chili plant is cut | WGPSN |
Lono | 36°37′S 55°38′W / 36.61°S 55.63°W | 20 | 2015 | Hawaiian god of agriculture | WGPSN |
Meanderi | 40°48′S 165°49′W / 40.8°S 165.81°W | 103 | 2015 | Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro sugar cane and other foods | WGPSN |
Megwomets | 36°32′N 146°13′E / 36.54°N 146.22°E | 78.7 | 2016 | Yurok (California USA) dwarf god of acorns and the distributor of vegetal abundance | WGPSN |
Messor | 49°56′N 126°16′W / 49.93°N 126.27°W | 40 | 2015 | Roman god of harvesting of cutting of the grain | WGPSN |
Mlezi | 76°00′N 136°48′W / 76°N 136.8°W | 41.5 | 2017 | Name of god Tilo as "Food-Giver" (Tonga tribes of Malawi and Zambia) | WGPSN |
Mondamin | 62°14′S 6°00′W / 62.24°S 6°W | 126 | 2015 | Ojibwe /Chippewa corn (maize) god (Lake Superior area Canada and USA) | WGPSN |
Nawish | 18°17′N 166°13′W / 18.28°N 166.21°W | 77 | 2015 | Acoma (New Mexico SW USA) guardian of the field | WGPSN |
Nepen | 6°11′N 139°28′W / 6.19°N 139.46°W | 26.4 | 2016 | Egyptian god of rain | WGPSN |
Ninsar | 30°18′N 96°44′W / 30.3°N 96.74°W | 40 | 2015 | Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation | WGPSN |
Occator | 19°49′N 120°40′W / 19.82°N 120.67°W | 92 | 2015 | Roman agricultural deity of the harrowing | WGPSN |
Oltagon | 25°57′S 37°58′E / 25.95°S 37.96°E | 28 | 2015 | Philippine agricultural goddess | WGPSN |
Omonga | 58°02′N 71°40′E / 58.03°N 71.67°E | 77 | 2015 | Tomori/Mori (Celebes/Sulawesi Indonesia) rice spirit who dwells in the Moon | WGPSN |
Oxo | 42°13′N 0°24′W / 42.21°N 0.4°W | 10 | 2015 | God of agriculture in Afro-Brazilian beliefs of Yoruba derivation | WGPSN |
Piuku | 15°22′S 36°59′E / 15.37°S 36.99°E | 31 | 2015 | Barama River Caribs (Guyana) god of the manioc | WGPSN |
Rao | 8°06′N 119°01′E / 8.1°N 119.01°E | 12 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Razeka | 3°13′S 61°38′E / 3.21°S 61.63°E | 38.38 | 2016 | Arabian tribal god worshipped as the provider of food | WGPSN |
Rongo | 3°13′N 11°17′W / 3.21°N 11.29°W | 68 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) god of agriculture of cultivated foods | WGPSN |
Roskva | 58°54′N 26°59′W / 58.9°N 26.98°W | 22 | 2015 | Teutonic goddess who symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest | WGPSN |
Sekhet | 66°25′S 104°57′W / 66.42°S 104.95°W | 40 | 2015 | Egyptian name of Isis as goddess of cultivated lands and fields | WGPSN |
Shakaema | 3°40′S 33°56′E / 3.66°S 33.93°E | 47 | 2015 | Jivaro (Ecuador and Peru) god of vegetation invoked in the planting and cultivation of bananas | WGPSN |
Sintana | 48°04′S 46°12′E / 48.07°S 46.2°E | 58 | 2015 | Columbian deity who produced the fertile black earth for sowing | WGPSN |
Tafakula | 19°49′S 88°35′E / 19.82°S 88.59°E | 34 | 2015 | Tongan (Polynesia) goddess invoked for favorable seasons for the crops | WGPSN |
Tahu | 6°35′S 44°47′E / 6.59°S 44.79°E | 25 | 2015 | Maori (New Zealand) personification of all food | WGPSN |
Takel | 50°46′N 79°31′W / 50.76°N 79.52°W | 22 | 2015 | Malaysian goddess in charge of the tuber harvest | WGPSN |
Tawals | 39°04′S 121°59′W / 39.06°S 121.98°W | 8.8 | 2016 | Polish god of the fields of the tilling | WGPSN |
Tibong | 29°49′S 7°48′W / 29.82°S 7.8°W | 36 | 2015 | Land Dayaks (Borneo/Kalimantan Indonesia) malevolent spirit who devours and depletes the rice | WGPSN |
Toharu | 48°19′S 155°57′E / 48.32°S 155.95°E | 86 | 2015 | Pawnee (Nebraska Central USA) god of food and vegetation | WGPSN |
Tupo | 32°21′S 88°23′E / 32.35°S 88.38°E | 36 | 2015 | Polynesian god of turmeric | WGPSN |
Uvara | 45°40′S 110°46′W / 45.66°S 110.76°W | 170 | 2015 | Indian and Iranian deity of plants and fields | WGPSN |
Victa | 36°14′N 58°58′W / 36.23°N 58.96°W | 32 | 2015 | Roman goddess of food and nourishment | WGPSN |
Vinotonus | 43°01′N 95°07′E / 43.02°N 95.12°E | 140 | 2015 | Celtic Briton god of vines | WGPSN |
Xochipilli | 56°40′N 93°13′E / 56.66°N 93.21°E | 22.7 | 2016 | Aztec fertility god associated with maize and flowers; patron of music and dance | WGPSN |
Yalode | 42°35′S 67°31′W / 42.58°S 67.52°W | 260 | 2015 | Dahomey goddess worshipped by women at the harvest rites | WGPSN |
Zadeni | 70°22′S 38°20′E / 70.36°S 38.34°E | 129.28 | 2015 | Ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvest | WGPSN |
Charon (6)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cora | 57°05′N 351°43′E / 57.09°N 351.72°E | 9 | 2020 | Cora, the lead protagonist in the 2016 novel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead | WGPSN |
Dorothy | 58°32′N 40°35′E / 58.53°N 40.58°E | 261 | 2018 | Dorothy Gale, protagonist of the Oz novels by L. Frank Baum | WGPSN |
Nasreddin | 26°54′N 309°42′E / 26.9°N 309.7°E | 29.7 | 2018 | Nasreddin, a Sufi traveler from folklore | WGPSN |
Nemo | 15°42′S 314°06′E / 15.7°S 314.1°E | 44 | 2018 | character in novels by Jules Verne | WGPSN |
Pirx | 55°12′N 256°18′E / 55.2°N 256.3°E | 90 | 2018 | main character in short stories by Stanisław Lem | WGPSN |
Revati | 20°42′N 35°24′E / 20.7°N 35.4°E | 40 | 2018 | main character in the Hindu epic narrative Mahabharata | WGPSN |
Sadko | 16°06′S 331°12′E / 16.1°S 331.2°E | 28 | 2018 | adventurer who traveled to the bottom of the sea in the medieval Russian epic Bylina | WGPSN |
Dactyl (2)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acmon | 39°S 138°E / 39°S 138°E | 0.3 | 1997 | One of the original three Dactyls | WGPSN |
Celmis | 46°S 140°W / 46°S 140°W | 0.2 | 1997 | One of the original three Dactyls | WGPSN |
Deimos (2)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swift | 12°30′N 1°48′E / 12.5°N 1.8°E | 1 | 1973 | Jonathan; British writer (1667-1745) | WGPSN |
Voltaire | 22°00′N 3°30′W / 22°N 3.5°W | 1.9 | 1973 | Francios-Marie Arouet; French writer (1694-1778) | WGPSN |
Dione (73)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acestes | 50°06′N 116°38′E / 50.1°N 116.63°E | 108 | 2008 | King of Sicily | WGPSN |
Adrastus | 61°40′S 46°34′W / 61.66°S 46.57°W | 38.5 | 1982 | King of Argos one of the seven against Thebes and the only one to return alive | WGPSN |
Aeneas | 25°53′N 46°16′W / 25.89°N 46.27°W | 161 | 1982 | Hero of the Aeneid. The son of Anchises and Venus and a member of the royal family of Troy | WGPSN |
Alcander | 52°53′S 64°31′E / 52.89°S 64.51°E | 120 | 2011 | A Trojan defending Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians killed by Turnus | WGPSN |
Allecto | 7°44′S 135°26′E / 7.73°S 135.44°E | 106 | 2008 | One of the Furies | WGPSN |
Amastrus | 9°58′S 122°58′E / 9.96°S 122.97°E | 62.4 | 2008 | A Trojan victim of Camilla | WGPSN |
Amata | 5°10′N 80°11′E / 5.17°N 80.19°E | 76 | 1982 | Mother of Lavinia (wife of Aeneas) | WGPSN |
Amycus | 37°31′S 88°37′W / 37.52°S 88.62°W | 27.3 | 2008 | A Trojan comrade of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Anchises | 34°S 65°W / 34°S 65°W | 47 | 1982 | Aeneas' father | WGPSN |
Anna | 63°23′S 89°58′W / 63.38°S 89.96°W | 14.2 | 2008 | Sister and confidante of Dido | WGPSN |
Antenor | 7°00′S 11°32′W / 7°S 11.54°W | 81 | 1982 | Nephew of Priam. He escaped the fall of Troy and reached Italy before Aeneas where he founded Padua | WGPSN |
Ascanius | 33°26′N 127°49′E / 33.43°N 127.82°E | 98 | 2008 | Son of Aeneas by Creusa | WGPSN |
Assaracus | 32°39′N 8°47′W / 32.65°N 8.79°W | 60 | 2011 | Early king of Troy son of Tros brother of Ilus and Ganymede | WGPSN |
Aulestes | 9°54′N 147°44′W / 9.9°N 147.73°W | 50 | 2008 | Etruscan chief ally of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Butes | 65°43′N 46°24′W / 65.72°N 46.4°W | 35 | 1982 | A famous boxer who had been defeated by Dares | WGPSN |
Caieta | 24°43′S 79°38′W / 24.71°S 79.63°W | 50 | 1982 | A nurse of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Camilla | 4°22′S 60°37′W / 4.36°S 60.61°W | 31.9 | 2008 | A warrior maiden; ally of Turnus | WGPSN |
Cassandra | 39°50′S 113°47′E / 39.84°S 113.78°E | 13 | 1982 | Daughter of Priam; she could foretell the future | WGPSN |
Catillus | 2°23′S 84°42′E / 2.38°S 84.7°E | 42.2 | 1982 | Brother of Tiburtus and twin brother of Coras | WGPSN |
Coras | 0°23′N 91°33′E / 0.39°N 91.55°E | 43 | 1982 | Brother of Tiburtus and twin brother of Catillus. He was founder of Tibur and an ally of Turnus against Aeneas | WGPSN |
Cretheus | 43°21′S 88°32′W / 43.35°S 88.53°W | 29 | 2008 | A Trojan warrior who took part in the defense of Aeneas’ camp against the Rutulians | WGPSN |
Creusa | 49°11′N 76°19′W / 49.19°N 76.32°W | 36.2 | 1982 | Daughter of Priam; first wife of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Daucus | 15°23′S 58°52′E / 15.38°S 58.86°E | 80 | 2008 | A Rutulian father of the twins Thymber and Larides | WGPSN |
Dercennus | 29°45′N 80°04′E / 29.75°N 80.07°E | 86.2 | 2008 | Ancient king of the Laurentians | WGPSN |
Dido | 23°58′S 18°49′W / 23.97°S 18.82°W | 122 | 1982 | Tyrian princess who founded Carthage | WGPSN |
Entellus | 10°56′S 149°28′E / 10.93°S 149.46°E | 63 | 2008 | Sicilian boxing champion | WGPSN |
Erulus | 35°00′S 104°46′W / 35°S 104.76°W | 120 | 2008 | Superhuman son of the goddess Feronia | WGPSN |
Eumelus | 0°06′S 65°58′W / 0.1°S 65.96°W | 35.1 | 2008 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Euryalus | 74°22′S 0°00′E / 74.36°S -0°E | 35 | 2008 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas friend of Nisus | WGPSN |
Evander | 57°S 145°W / 57°S 145°W | 350 | 2008 | Son of Mercury by Carmentis ally of Aeneas against the Latins mythical king of Arcadia founded and ruled Pallanteum built on the future site of Rome | WGPSN |
Fadus | 35°56′S 134°49′E / 35.94°S 134.82°E | 47 | 2011 | A Rutulian of those besieging the men of Aeneas in their leader's absence | WGPSN |
Galaesus | 46°46′N 63°45′E / 46.77°N 63.75°E | 79 | 2011 | An old Italian killed in the first fighting between Latins and Trojans while trying to make peace | WGPSN |
Haemon | 84°20′N 83°41′E / 84.33°N 83.69°E | 65.22 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a Rutulian from a group attacking the Trojan's camp in the absence of Aeneas and (b) an Italian whose son priest of Apollo and Diana was a soldier of Turnus | WGPSN |
Halys | 59°10′S 53°43′W / 59.17°S 53.72°W | 35.2 | 1982 | A Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against the Rutulian attack. He was killed by Turnus | WGPSN |
Herbesus | 34°41′N 156°07′W / 34.68°N 156.11°W | 58.4 | 2008 | A Rutulian who besieged Aeneas' camp | WGPSN |
Iasus | 22°08′S 114°05′E / 22.13°S 114.08°E | 54 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) father of Palinurus and (b) father of Iapyx | WGPSN |
Ilia | 0°30′S 13°44′E / 0.5°S 13.73°E | 52.4 | 1982 | Also known as Rhea Silvia; Mother by Mars of Romulus and Remus the founders of Rome | WGPSN |
Italus | 18°28′S 76°25′W / 18.47°S 76.41°W | 35.7 | 1982 | Ancient hero eponymous ancestor of the Italians | WGPSN |
Lagus | 13°34′S 102°57′W / 13.56°S 102.95°W | 77 | 2008 | A soldier of Turnus | WGPSN |
Lamyrus | 53°40′N 104°23′E / 53.67°N 104.39°E | 61 | 2011 | A Rutulian with the troops besieging the camp of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Larides | 7°10′N 48°35′E / 7.17°N 48.58°E | 29 | 2008 | A Rutulian member of Turnus’ army son of Daucus twin brother of Thymber | WGPSN |
Latagus | 14°39′N 26°28′W / 14.65°N 26.46°W | 41 | 1982 | Soldier of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Latinus | 52°11′N 159°00′E / 52.19°N 159°E | 130 | 2008 | King of Latium husband of Amata | WGPSN |
Lausus | 34°49′N 22°46′W / 34.81°N 22.76°W | 23.5 | 1982 | Son of Mezentius killed by Aeneas | WGPSN |
Liger | 24°00′N 126°38′W / 24°N 126.63°W | 53 | 2008 | Soldier of Turnus brother of Lucagus | WGPSN |
Lucagus | 22°09′N 131°15′W / 22.15°N 131.25°W | 45.7 | 2008 | Soldier of Turnus brother of Liger | WGPSN |
Magus | 18°26′N 24°21′W / 18.44°N 24.35°W | 45.8 | 1982 | A soldier of Turnus killed by Aeneas | WGPSN |
Massicus | 35°00′S 55°23′W / 35°S 55.39°W | 39 | 1982 | An Etruscan ally of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Metiscus | 6°00′N 93°17′W / 6°N 93.29°W | 43.8 | 2008 | A Rutulian charioteer of Turnus | WGPSN |
Mezentius | 19°10′N 177°00′E / 19.16°N 177°E | 51 | 2008 | Etruscan king ally of Turnus father of Lausus | WGPSN |
Murranus | 12°49′N 90°44′W / 12.82°N 90.73°W | 56.8 | 2008 | A Rutulian | WGPSN |
Nisus | 68°11′S 25°00′E / 68.18°S 25°E | 35 | 2008 | Trojan companion of Aeneas friend of Euryalus | WGPSN |
Oebalus | 44°28′N 8°24′E / 44.47°N 8.4°E | 35.7 | 2011 | An ally of Turnus son of Telon and Sebethis | WGPSN |
Pagasus | 3°S 119°E / 3°S 119°E | 67 | 2008 | An Etruscan killed by Camilla | WGPSN |
Palinurus | 3°18′S 63°00′W / 3.3°S 63°W | 11.9 | 1982 | Pilot of Aeneas' fleet | WGPSN |
Phaleris | 77°24′S 166°35′W / 77.4°S 166.58°W | 44 | 2008 | Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against Rutulian attack | WGPSN |
Phorbas | 81°12′N 131°17′W / 81.2°N 131.29°W | 69.3 | 2011 | A Trojan companion of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Prytanis | 46°15′S 72°36′E / 46.25°S 72.6°E | 96 | 2008 | Trojan defending Aeneas' camp against Rutulian attack | WGPSN |
Remus | 13°35′S 31°54′W / 13.58°S 31.9°W | 62 | 1982 | He and his brother Romulus founded Rome | WGPSN |
Ripheus | 56°28′S 36°48′W / 56.47°S 36.8°W | 34 | 1982 | A Trojan. He fought at the side of Aeneas during Troy's last night | WGPSN |
Romulus | 8°09′S 26°51′W / 8.15°S 26.85°W | 90.7 | 1982 | Mythical founder of Rome in 754 or 753 B.C. son of Mars by Ilia (Rhea Silvia) | WGPSN |
Sabinus | 43°39′S 173°20′E / 43.65°S 173.34°E | 88 | 1982 | Fabled ancestor of the Sabines | WGPSN |
Sagaris | 4°56′N 104°12′W / 4.93°N 104.2°W | 53 | 2008 | Servant of Aeneas | WGPSN |
Salius | 65°05′N 178°16′E / 65.09°N 178.27°E | 44 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a companion of Aeneas and a contestant in the foot race and (b) a Rutulian | WGPSN |
Silvius | 32°42′S 27°44′E / 32.7°S 27.74°E | 74 | 2008 | Son of Aeneas and Lavinia | WGPSN |
Sulmo | 55°55′N 26°30′E / 55.92°N 26.5°E | 56 | 2011 | There are two persons in the Aeneid with this name: (a) a Rutulian in the troop of Volcens and (b) an Italian whose sons fought for Turnus | WGPSN |
Telon | 16°12′S 97°12′W / 16.2°S 97.2°W | 39.7 | 2011 | Ruler of the Teleboans on Capri; father of Oebalus | WGPSN |
Tereus | 2°36′S 115°00′E / 2.6°S 115°E | 45 | 2008 | A Trojan killed by Camilla | WGPSN |
Thymber | 14°00′N 50°51′E / 14°N 50.85°E | 27.29 | 2008 | A Rutulian member of Turnus’ army son of Daucus twin brother of Larides | WGPSN |
Tiburtus | 29°07′N 170°16′E / 29.11°N 170.27°E | 59 | 2008 | Brother of the twins Catillus and Coras founder of Tibur to which he gave his name | WGPSN |
Turnus | 15°35′N 14°41′E / 15.59°N 14.69°E | 101 | 1982 | Rutililan king; Aeneas' rival for hand of Lavinia | WGPSN |
Tyrrhus | 24°42′N 72°06′E / 24.7°N 72.1°E | 49.1 | 2008 | Keeper of the herds for Latinus father of Silvia | WGPSN |
Volcens | 13°50′S 91°29′E / 13.84°S 91.49°E | 74 | 2011 | A Latin leader of cavalry sent as reinforcements to Turnus | WGPSN |
Earth (190)
[edit]Enceladus (53)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Ahmad | 57°52′N 49°59′E / 57.87°N 49.98°E | 18.13 | 1982 | Youngest son; brings father a magic apple; marries the Genie Peri Banu | WGPSN |
Ajib | 61°41′N 120°37′E / 61.68°N 120.61°E | 15.68 | 2009 | Brother of Gharib in the tale The History of Gharib and His Brother Ajib | WGPSN |
Aladdin | 62°41′N 22°08′W / 62.69°N 22.14°W | 30.53 | 1982 | Hero of the tale; he has the magic lamp | WGPSN |
Al-Bakbuk | 5°16′N 168°23′E / 5.26°N 168.38°E | 9.2 | 2006 | The barber's first brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Al-Fakik | 35°31′N 53°27′E / 35.52°N 53.45°E | 15.2 | 2006 | The barber's third brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Al-Haddar | 50°29′N 159°13′E / 50.48°N 159.22°E | 15.08 | 2006 | The barber's second brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Ali Baba | 56°50′N 17°31′W / 56.84°N 17.51°W | 34.09 | 1982 | Hero of tale who found a great treasure owned by 40 thieves | WGPSN |
Al-Kuz | 18°53′S 178°40′W / 18.88°S 178.66°W | 10.15 | 2006 | The barber's fourth brother in "The Hunchback’s Tale." | WGPSN |
Al-Mustazi | 21°05′S 158°15′E / 21.09°S 158.25°E | 9.98 | 2006 | Father of benevolent prince Al-Mustansir in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Ayyub | 38°35′N 64°59′E / 38.58°N 64.98°E | 17.45 | 2006 | Damascus merchant father of Ghanim and Fitnah in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’ Love | WGPSN |
Aziz | 17°44′N 11°31′E / 17.73°N 11.51°E | 10.52 | 2006 | Man betrothed to his cousin Azizah in The tale of Aziz and Azizah | WGPSN |
Bahman | 14°42′N 61°22′W / 14.7°N 61.37°W | 10.56 | 2009 | Oldest Prince brother of Parwez and Perizadah in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Behram | 15°26′S 178°31′E / 15.43°S 178.51°E | 13.29 | 2006 | Son of a Persian king in the tale Prince Behram and the Princess Al-Datma | WGPSN |
Dalilah | 51°33′N 110°21′E / 51.55°N 110.35°E | 15.51 | 1982 | Crafty old crone who fools several men | WGPSN |
Duban | 58°04′N 78°44′E / 58.07°N 78.74°E | 18.73 | 1982 | Sage who cured King Yunan of leprosy | WGPSN |
Dunyazad | 41°31′N 157°58′E / 41.51°N 157.96°E | 30.81 | 1982 | Sister of Shahrazad | WGPSN |
Fitnah | 45°23′N 70°01′E / 45.39°N 70.01°E | 15.54 | 2006 | Daughter of Ayyub sister of Ghanim in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’ Love | WGPSN |
Ghanim | 38°44′N 79°13′E / 38.74°N 79.22°E | 14.18 | 2006 | Son of Ayyub brother of Fitnah in the Tale of Ghanim Bin Ayyub the Distraught the Thrall O’Love | WGPSN |
Gharib | 81°07′N 118°51′E / 81.12°N 118.85°E | 26 | 1982 | Hero of many tales | WGPSN |
Harun | 36°28′N 134°16′E / 36.47°N 134.26°E | 14.58 | 2009 | Harun al-Rashid; Caliph in many tales for example Harun Al-Rashid and the Two Slave-Girls | WGPSN |
Hassan | 31°34′S 171°05′E / 31.57°S 171.09°E | 15.27 | 2006 | Character in the tale Hassan of Bassorah | WGPSN |
Hisham | 48°15′N 79°35′E / 48.25°N 79.59°E | 21.4 | 2009 | Caliph in the tale The Caliph Hisham and the Arab Youth | WGPSN |
Ishak | 47°36′N 134°59′E / 47.6°N 134.98°E | 13.84 | 2009 | Character in the tale Isaac of Mosul and the Merchant | WGPSN |
Ja'afar | 34°36′N 22°26′E / 34.6°N 22.44°E | 10.15 | 2009 | Vizier of Harun al-Rashid in the tale Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis | WGPSN |
Jansha | 30°39′S 157°24′W / 30.65°S 157.4°W | 10.8 | 2006 | Female hero in The Story of Jansha | WGPSN |
Julnar | 53°46′N 12°55′E / 53.76°N 12.91°E | 17.32 | 1982 | The seaborn; heroine of nights 738 to 756 | WGPSN |
Kamar | 40°37′S 32°15′W / 40.62°S 32.25°W | 19.55 | 2009 | Kamar al-Akmár; Prince son of Sabur (King of Persia) in the tale The Ebony Horse | WGPSN |
Kasim | 42°21′N 173°03′W / 42.35°N 173.05°W | 10.53 | 2009 | The greedy brother of Ali Baba in the tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | WGPSN |
Khusrau | 4°06′S 174°08′E / 4.1°S 174.14°E | 12.4 | 2006 | King husband of Shirin in the tale Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman | WGPSN |
Ma'aruf | 37°10′S 26°25′E / 37.16°S 26.42°E | 7.02 | 2009 | Hero in the tale Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah | WGPSN |
Marjanah | 38°12′N 56°59′E / 38.2°N 56.99°E | 12.95 | 2006 | Queen in the Tale of Kamar Al-Zaman | WGPSN |
Masrur | 66°16′N 65°44′E / 66.27°N 65.73°E | 15.13 | 2009 | Eunuch sworder in the tale Nur al-Din Ali and the Damsel Anis al-Jalis | WGPSN |
Morgiana | 31°45′N 163°50′E / 31.75°N 163.83°E | 15.4 | 2009 | Clever slave girl in the tale Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | WGPSN |
Musa | 73°51′N 11°35′W / 73.85°N 11.59°W | 21.81 | 1982 | Goes to get the vessels that contain Jinni in The City of Brass | WGPSN |
Mustafa | 30°46′S 175°03′E / 30.76°S 175.05°E | 15.54 | 2009 | Old tailor in the tale Aladdin; or The Wonderful Lamp | WGPSN |
Omar | 17°53′N 86°02′E / 17.89°N 86.03°E | 11.54 | 2006 | Great king father of Sharrkan and Zau al-Makán in The Tale of King Omar and his Sons | WGPSN |
Otbah | 40°02′S 159°48′W / 40.03°S 159.8°W | 10.02 | 2006 | Figure in the tale Otbah and Rayya | WGPSN |
Parwez | 22°57′N 25°34′W / 22.95°N 25.56°W | 13.49 | 2009 | Second prince brother of Bahman and Perizadah in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Peri-Banu | 62°02′N 40°52′E / 62.04°N 40.86°E | 14.89 | 1982 | Genie who marries Ahmad and helps him fulfill the demands of his father | WGPSN |
Perizadah | 21°07′S 155°07′W / 21.12°S 155.11°W | 10.43 | 2009 | Youngest princess sister of Bahman and Parwez in the tale The Two Sisters Who Envied Their Cadette | WGPSN |
Rayya | 32°25′S 178°53′W / 32.41°S 178.88°W | 9.54 | 2006 | Female character in the tale Otbah and Rayya | WGPSN |
Sabur | 23°54′S 63°49′E / 23.9°S 63.82°E | 7.53 | 2009 | King of Persia and father of Kamar in the tale The Ebony Horse | WGPSN |
Salih | 5°59′S 4°24′W / 5.99°S 4.4°W | 4.41 | 1982 | Brother of Julnar | WGPSN |
Samad | 61°41′N 1°14′W / 61.69°N 1.23°W | 14.98 | 1982 | Shayk who guides Musa and Talib to the mountains in The City of Brass | WGPSN |
Shahrazad | 46°30′N 158°24′E / 46.5°N 158.4°E | 19.91 | 1982 | Heroine who tells King Shahryar The Tales of a Thousand Nights | WGPSN |
Shahryar | 57°43′N 133°19′E / 57.71°N 133.31°E | 24 | 1982 | King whom Shahrazad beguiles with the tales of a thousand nights and a night | WGPSN |
Shakashik | 17°35′S 178°44′E / 17.59°S 178.74°E | 8.5 | 2006 | The barber's sixth brother in The Hunchback's Tale | WGPSN |
Sharrkan | 16°25′N 58°05′E / 16.42°N 58.09°E | 4.3 | 2006 | Son of the great King Omar in The Tale of King Omar and his Sons | WGPSN |
Shirin | 2°16′S 172°49′W / 2.27°S 172.82°W | 8.84 | 2006 | Wife of King Khusrau in the tale Khusrau and Shirin and the Fisherman | WGPSN |
Sindbad | 66°58′N 148°23′E / 66.97°N 148.39°E | 29.44 | 1982 | Voyager who had many marvelous adventures on seven voyages | WGPSN |
Yunan | 53°57′N 74°13′E / 53.95°N 74.21°E | 19.52 | 2009 | Fictional king of Persian city in the tale The Tale of the Vizier and the Sage Duban | WGPSN |
Zaynab | 69°31′N 26°58′W / 69.52°N 26.97°W | 23.8 | 2009 | Daughter of Dalilah in the tale The Rogueries of Dalilah the Crafty and Her Daughter Zaynab the Coney-Catcher | WGPSN |
Zumurrud | 22°14′S 177°57′E / 22.23°S 177.95°E | 20.8 | 2006 | Female character in the tale Ali Shar and Zumurrud | WGPSN |
Epimetheus (2)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Hilairea [error for Hilaeira] | n.a. | 1982 | Greek; sister of Phoibe daughter of Leukippos | WGPSN | |
Pollux | n.a. | 1982 | Latin name for Polydeukes Castor's twin | WGPSN |
Eros (37)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Abelard | 3°30′S 12°12′W / 3.5°S 12.2°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Peter; French philosopher lover of Heloise (1079-1142) | WGPSN |
Aida | 7°54′N 130°30′W / 7.9°N 130.5°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Ethiopian slave beloved of Egyptian officer Radames in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Avtandil | 22°30′S 126°54′E / 22.5°S 126.9°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Lover of Tinatin in Shota Rustavely's novel Knight in tiger-skin (Georgia 12th century) | WGPSN |
Bovary | 61°00′S 27°18′W / 61°S 27.3°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Romantic heroine of Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (France 19th century) | WGPSN |
Casanova | 46°36′N 124°00′E / 46.6°N 124°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Giovanni; Italian adventurer lover and author (1725-1798) | WGPSN |
Catherine | 9°06′N 171°06′W / 9.1°N 171.1°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Cupid | 8°06′N 129°48′E / 8.1°N 129.8°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Roman god of love equivalent of Eros | WGPSN |
Don Juan | 29°30′N 3°18′E / 29.5°N 3.3°E | 1.1 | 2003 | Lover character of medieval European legend retold in Molière's Don Juan (France 1665) | WGPSN |
Don Quixote | 57°42′S 109°12′E / 57.7°S 109.2°E | 0.9 | 2003 | Knight-errant imagined Dulcinea as his lady-love in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Dulcinea | 76°06′S 87°06′E / 76.1°S 87.1°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Imaginary lady-love of the knight Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) | WGPSN |
Eurydice | 13°30′N 170°00′W / 13.5°N 170°W | 2.2 | 2003 | In Greek mythology wife of singer Orpheus who fails to bring her from Hades | WGPSN |
Fujitsubo | 3°42′S 62°42′W / 3.7°S 62.7°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lover of Genji in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu first modern novel (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Galatea | 10°12′S 176°54′E / 10.2°S 176.9°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Woman in Greek mythology brought to life from statue by Pygmalion legendary king of Cyprus | WGPSN |
Gamba | 20°36′S 54°06′W / 20.6°S 54.1°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Marina; companion of astronomer Galileo Galilei (Italy 17th century) | WGPSN |
Genji | 19°30′S 88°36′W / 19.5°S 88.6°W | 1.5 | 2003 | Prince lover of Fujitsubo in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu (Japan c.1000) | WGPSN |
Heathcliff | 7°24′N 167°54′W / 7.4°N 167.9°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Tragic lover of Catherine in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) | WGPSN |
Himeros | 21°12′N 77°42′E / 21.2°N 77.7°E | 10 | 2003 | Attendant of Eros; personification of the longing of love in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Hios | 9°24′S 130°54′W / 9.4°S 130.9°W | 1.3 | 2003 | Love child of Poseidon and Hiona in Greek mythology; also island (Chios) in the Aegean Sea | WGPSN |
Jahan | 74°12′N 66°30′E / 74.2°N 66.5°E | 2.1 | 2003 | Shah; Mogul emperor built Taj Mahal in Agra India for wife Mumtaz Mahal (1592-1666) | WGPSN |
Kastytis | 6°48′N 161°18′W / 6.8°N 161.3°W | 1.7 | 2003 | Lithuanian blacksmith lover of sea goddess Jurate; taken by her to the sea floor | WGPSN |
Leander | 25°36′N 149°42′E / 25.6°N 149.7°E | 1.4 | 2003 | Lover of Hero swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair Hero drowned herself | WGPSN |
Leylie | 3°00′S 23°30′W / 3°S 23.5°W | 1.9 | 2003 | Majnoon's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Lolita | 35°12′S 162°18′E / 35.2°S 162.3°E | 1.8 | 2003 | Young girl from V. Nabokov's novel Lolita (USA 1955) | WGPSN |
Mahal | 79°24′N 170°00′W / 79.4°N 170°W | 1.2 | 2003 | Mumtaz; Mogul empress; favorite wife of Shah Jahan who built Taj Mahal (1592-1631) | WGPSN |
Majnoon | 3°48′N 28°48′W / 3.8°N 28.8°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Leylie's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) | WGPSN |
Mélisande | 67°06′N 174°24′E / 67.1°N 174.4°E | 1 | 2003 | Wife of Prince Golaud and lover of his half-brother Pelléas in Maeterlinck drama (Belgium 1892) | WGPSN |
Narcissus | 18°12′N 7°06′W / 18.2°N 7.1°W | 2.9 | 2003 | Young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water | WGPSN |
Orpheus | 25°36′N 176°42′W / 25.6°N 176.7°W | 1.1 | 2003 | Singer and musician in Greek mythology; fails to bring his love Eurydice from Hades | WGPSN |
Pao-yü | 73°12′S 105°36′W / 73.2°S 105.6°W | 0.8 | 2003 | Lover of Tai-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Pelléas | 63°06′N 138°42′E / 63.1°N 138.7°E | 1.2 | 2003 | Beloved of Mélisande in Maeterlinck drama and later musical works by Faure Debussy and Schoenberg | WGPSN |
Psyche | 31°36′N 94°36′W / 31.6°N 94.6°W | 4.8 | 2003 | Beloved of Eros; personification of human soul in Greek mythology | WGPSN |
Pygmalion | 1°48′S 168°54′E / 1.8°S 168.9°E | 1.7 | 2003 | King of Cyprus; carved statue of woman brought to life as Galatea whom he married | WGPSN |
Radames | 5°12′S 115°06′W / 5.2°S 115.1°W | 1.6 | 2003 | Egyptian officer beloved of Ethiopian slave Aida in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) | WGPSN |
Selene | 14°12′S 12°30′W / 14.2°S 12.5°W | 3.6 | 2003 | Moon goddess in Greek mythology lover of Endymion | WGPSN |
Tai-yü | 47°00′S 126°06′W / 47°S 126.1°W | 1.4 | 2003 | Beloved by Pao-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) | WGPSN |
Tutanekai | 56°24′N 3°18′W / 56.4°N 3.3°W | 2.1 | 2003 | Māori hero beloved of young maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to marry him | WGPSN |
Valentine | 14°36′N 151°36′E / 14.6°N 151.6°E | 2.2 | 2003 | St. Valentine's Day (principally Roman) for all lovers | WGPSN |
Europa (41)
[edit]Ganymede (131)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Achelous | 61°54′N 11°47′W / 61.9°N 11.78°W | 40 | 1979 | Achelous, Greek river god; father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede's mother. | WGPSN |
Adad | 57°26′N 1°59′E / 57.43°N 1.98°E | 39 | 1979 | Adad, Assyro-Babylonian god of thunder. | WGPSN |
Adapa | 73°05′N 31°19′W / 73.08°N 31.32°W | 57 | 1979 | Adapa, Assyro-Babylonian; lost immortality when, at Ea's advice, he refused food of life. | WGPSN |
Agreus | 15°52′N 127°18′E / 15.87°N 127.3°E | 63 | 1985 | Agreus, Hunter god in Tyre. | WGPSN |
Agrotes | 60°56′N 167°23′E / 60.93°N 167.38°E | 74 | 1985 | Agrotes, Tyre; greatest god of Gebal; farmer god. | WGPSN |
Aleyin | 15°08′N 134°05′W / 15.14°N 134.08°W | 12.4 | 1997 | Aleyin, Son of Ba'al, spirit of springs. | WGPSN |
Ammura | 31°46′N 17°39′E / 31.76°N 17.65°E | 61.5 | 1979 | Amurru, Mesopotamian; god representing the western nomads. | WGPSN |
Amon | 33°41′N 139°23′E / 33.69°N 139.39°E | 102 | 1985 | Amon, Theban king of gods. | WGPSN |
Amset | 14°25′S 178°45′W / 14.41°S 178.75°W | 11 | 1997 | Amset, One of the four gods of the dead, son of Horus. | WGPSN |
Anat | 4°06′S 128°00′W / 4.1°S 128°W | 2.9 | 1985 | Anat, Ugaritic war goddess. Note: Defines 128 degrees longitude on Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Andjeti | 52°45′S 161°06′W / 52.75°S 161.1°W | 52 | 1985 | Andjeti, Egyptian; first god of Busirus. | WGPSN |
Anhur | 32°38′N 167°41′E / 32.63°N 167.68°E | 25 | 1997 | Anhur, Egyptian warrior god. | WGPSN |
Antum | 5°05′N 141°04′E / 5.09°N 141.06°E | 14.75 | 1985 | Antum, Mesopotamian; wife of Anu. | WGPSN |
Anu | 65°14′N 15°45′E / 65.24°N 15.75°E | 55 | 1979 | Anu, Mesopotamian sky god. | WGPSN |
Anubis | 84°26′S 128°40′W / 84.44°S 128.66°W | 114 | 1988 | Anubis, Egyptian jackal-headed god who opened the underworld to the dead. | WGPSN |
Anzu | 63°31′N 62°44′W / 63.51°N 62.73°W | 210 | 2000 | Anzu, Gigantic lion-headed bird-like figure, the Sumerian Thunderbird. | WGPSN |
Apophis | 8°07′S 83°50′E / 8.12°S 83.84°E | 57 | 2000 | Apophis, Egyptian gigantic serpent symbolizing chaos or nonexistence. | WGPSN |
Ashîma | 39°03′S 122°59′W / 39.05°S 122.98°W | 84 | 1985 | Ashîm, Semitic-Arab god of fate. | WGPSN |
Asshur | 54°10′N 26°31′E / 54.16°N 26.52°E | 25.5 | 1979 | Asshur, national god of ancient Assyria. | WGPSN |
Atra-hasis | 22°32′N 105°53′E / 22.54°N 105.89°E | 133 | 2000 | Atra-hasis, Exceedingly wise' hero of Akkadian myth, survived the great flood. | WGPSN |
Aya | 68°20′N 37°59′E / 68.34°N 37.98°E | 38 | 1979 | Aya, Mesopotamian dawn goddess; wife of Shamash. | WGPSN |
Ba'al | 24°55′N 30°02′E / 24.92°N 30.03°E | 43 | 1979 | Ba'al, Phoenician; Canaanite god. | WGPSN |
Bau | 23°03′N 48°40′W / 23.05°N 48.67°W | 77 | 1988 | Bau, Mesopotamian medicine goddess; daughter of Anu and patroness of Lagash. | WGPSN |
Bes | 25°29′S 179°02′E / 25.48°S 179.04°E | 63 | 1985 | Bes, Egyptian god of marriage. | WGPSN |
Chrysor | 15°18′N 134°20′W / 15.3°N 134.34°W | 7 | 1997 | Chrysor, Phoenician god; inventor of bait, fishing hooks and line, first to sail. | WGPSN |
Cisti | 31°36′S 64°14′W / 31.6°S 64.23°W | 70 | 1997 | Cisti, Iranian healing god. | WGPSN |
Damkina | 30°10′S 4°53′W / 30.17°S 4.88°W | 190 | 2006 | Damkina, wife of the Mesopotamian god Enki (Ea), mother of Marduk in Enuma Elish. | WGPSN |
Danel | 4°20′S 21°18′W / 4.33°S 21.3°W | 56 | 1979 | Danel, Phoenician; mythical hero versed in art of divination. | WGPSN |
Dendera | 1°07′S 104°32′E / 1.12°S 104.54°E | 82 | 2000 | Dendera, Town where Hathor was chief goddess. (Name changed from Dendera Facula.) | WGPSN |
Diment | 23°08′N 8°14′E / 23.14°N 8.23°E | 40 | 1979 | Diment, Egyptian goddess of the dwelling place of the dead. | WGPSN |
Ea | 17°43′N 148°44′W / 17.72°N 148.73°W | 20 | 1997 | Ea, Assyro-Babylonian god of water, wisdom, and the earth. | WGPSN |
El | 1°01′N 151°22′W / 1.01°N 151.36°W | 55 | 1997 | El, head of the pantheon of Ugarit in the late Bronze Age. | WGPSN |
Enkidu | 26°37′S 34°52′E / 26.61°S 34.87°E | 122 | 1982 | Enkidu, Friend of Gilgamesh. | WGPSN |
Enlil | 55°22′N 47°54′E / 55.36°N 47.9°E | 34.6 | 1979 | Enlil, head of the Mesopotamian pantheon. | WGPSN |
En-zu | 11°35′N 168°24′W / 11.59°N 168.4°W | 5 | 1997 | Enzu, one of the names of the Mesopotamian moon god. | WGPSN |
Epigeus | 22°58′N 179°21′E / 22.96°N 179.35°E | 343 | 1997 | Epigeus, Phoenician god. | WGPSN |
Erichthonius | 15°19′S 175°16′W / 15.32°S 175.26°W | 31 | 1997 | Erichthonius, Possible father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Eshmun | 17°27′S 167°53′E / 17.45°S 167.88°E | 98 | 1979 | Eshmun, Phoenician; divinity of Sidon. | WGPSN |
Etana | 74°44′N 19°39′E / 74.74°N 19.65°E | 46 | 1979 | Etana, Assyro-Babylonian; asked the eagle for an herb to give him an heir. | WGPSN |
Gad | 13°34′S 137°34′W / 13.56°S 137.56°W | 72 | 1985 | Gad, Semitic god of fate or good fortune. | WGPSN |
Geb | 56°25′N 177°21′E / 56.41°N 177.35°E | 60 | 1985 | Geb, Heliopolis Earth god. | WGPSN |
Geinos | 18°38′N 140°34′E / 18.64°N 140.56°E | 56 | 1985 | Geinos, Tyre; god of brick making. | WGPSN |
Gilgamesh | 62°50′S 124°50′W / 62.84°S 124.83°W | 153 | 1979 | Gilgamesh, Assyro-Babylonian; sought immortality after Enkidu died. | WGPSN |
Gir | 34°03′N 145°45′W / 34.05°N 145.75°W | 73 | 1985 | Girra, Mesopotamian fire god. | WGPSN |
Gula | 64°09′N 12°18′W / 64.15°N 12.3°W | 38 | 1979 | Gula, Mesopotamian; medicine goddess. | WGPSN |
Gushkin | 20°45′N 45°59′W / 20.75°N 45.98°W | 40.5 | 2016 | Gushkin-Banda, Sumerian patron god of goldsmiths. | WGPSN |
Halieus | 34°27′N 167°08′W / 34.45°N 167.14°W | 90 | 1985 | Halieus, Tyre; fisherman god. | WGPSN |
Hapi | 30°34′S 147°20′E / 30.57°S 147.34°E | 96 | 1988 | Hapi, Egyptian god of the Nile. | WGPSN |
Harakhtes | 35°57′N 100°16′W / 35.95°N 100.26°W | 108 | 2000 | Harakhtes, "Horus of the Two Horizons", form of Egyptian god Horus who represents the path of the sun. | WGPSN |
Haroeris | 28°32′N 63°11′E / 28.53°N 63.18°E | 70 | 2000 | Haroeris, Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon, a form of Horus. | WGPSN |
Hathor | 66°54′S 91°16′E / 66.9°S 91.26°E | 173 | 1979 | Hathor, Egyptian goddess of joy and love. | WGPSN |
Hay-tau | 14°26′N 133°08′W / 14.44°N 133.13°W | 27 | 1997 | Hay-tau, Nega god, spirit of forest vegetation. | WGPSN |
Hedetet | 32°55′S 108°59′E / 32.91°S 108.99°E | 106 | 2000 | Hedetet, Egyptian scorpion goddess. | WGPSN |
Hershef | 47°23′N 90°37′E / 47.39°N 90.62°E | 120 | 2000 | Hershef, Egyptian ram-headed god. | WGPSN |
Humbaba | 55°09′S 67°19′W / 55.15°S 67.31°W | 40 | 2000 | Humbaba, Babylonian terrifying guardian of the cedar forests. | WGPSN |
Ilah | 22°00′N 160°37′W / 22°N 160.62°W | 76 | 1985 | Ilah, First Sumerian sky god.[citation needed] | WGPSN |
Ilus | 13°28′S 110°26′W / 13.46°S 110.43°W | 90 | 1985 | Ilus, Ganymede's brother. | WGPSN |
Irkalla | 32°31′S 114°50′W / 32.52°S 114.84°W | 117 | 1985 | Irkalla, Sumerian goddess of underworld, seen by Enkidu in a dream. | WGPSN |
Ishkur | 0°22′N 8°22′W / 0.37°N 8.37°W | 67 | 1985 | Ishkur, Sumerian god of rain. | WGPSN |
Isimu | 8°30′N 8°22′W / 8.5°N 8.37°W | 89.5 | 1985 | Isimud, Sumerian god, servant of Enki. | WGPSN |
Isis | 67°17′S 158°48′E / 67.28°S 158.8°E | 75 | 1979 | Isis, Egyptian goddess; wife of Osiris. | WGPSN |
Kadi | 47°41′N 178°30′W / 47.68°N 178.5°W | 87 | 1985 | KA.DI, a writing of the name of the Mesopotamian god Ishtaran. | WGPSN |
Khensu | 1°01′N 152°56′W / 1.02°N 152.93°W | 17 | 1997 | Khensu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
Khepri | 20°25′N 147°34′W / 20.41°N 147.56°W | 47 | 1997 | Khepri, God of transformations for the Heliopitans. | WGPSN |
Khonsu | 37°31′S 169°10′E / 37.51°S 169.17°E | 80 | 1988 | Khonsu, Egyptian moon god. | WGPSN |
Khumbam | 24°06′S 24°39′E / 24.1°S 24.65°E | 57 | 1979 | Humban, Elamite god of kingship. | WGPSN |
Kingu | 34°40′S 132°58′E / 34.66°S 132.97°E | 78 | 1988 | Kingu, Babylonian; conquered leader of Tiamat's forces whose blood was used to create man. | WGPSN |
Kishar | 72°42′N 10°32′E / 72.7°N 10.54°E | 78 | 1979 | Kishar, Assyro-Babylonian; terrestrial progenitor goddess. | WGPSN |
Kittu | 0°24′N 25°24′E / 0.4°N 25.4°E | 15 | 1985 | Kittum, Mesopotamian; a goddess of justice. | WGPSN |
Kulla | 33°13′N 113°52′W / 33.22°N 113.87°W | 93 | 1985 | Kulla, Sumerian god of brick making. | WGPSN |
Lagamal | 64°18′N 115°47′E / 64.3°N 115.79°E | 131 | 2000 | Lagamal, Mesopotamian; minor underworld deity. | WGPSN |
Latpon | 58°44′N 171°13′W / 58.74°N 171.21°W | 43 | 1997 | Latpon, One of the sons of El. | WGPSN |
Lugalmeslam | 23°43′N 166°07′E / 23.72°N 166.11°E | 64 | 1997 | Lugalmeslam, Sumerian god of the underworld. | WGPSN |
Lumha | 36°01′N 154°14′W / 36.01°N 154.23°W | 58 | 1985 | Lumha, Title of Enki as patron of singers; also Babylonian priest. | WGPSN |
Maa | 1°18′N 156°22′E / 1.3°N 156.37°E | 31 | 1997 | Maa, Egyptian god of the sense of sight. | WGPSN |
Mehit | 28°57′N 164°23′W / 28.95°N 164.39°W | 47 | 1985 | Mehit, Egyptian lion-headed goddess; Anhur's wife. | WGPSN |
Melkart | 9°52′S 173°56′E / 9.86°S 173.93°E | 105 | 1979 | Melkart, Phoenician; divinity of Tyre. | WGPSN |
Menhit | 36°19′S 140°19′W / 36.31°S 140.32°W | 140 | 2006 | Menhit, Egyptian lion and war goddess. | WGPSN |
Min | 29°14′N 1°16′W / 29.23°N 1.26°W | 33 | 1988 | Min, Egyptian fertility god. | WGPSN |
Mir | 3°18′S 129°42′E / 3.3°S 129.7°E | 8 | 1985 | Mir, West Semitic god of wind. | WGPSN |
Misharu | 4°19′S 24°07′E / 4.31°S 24.11°E | 88 | 1985 | Misharu, Assyro-Babylonian god of law. | WGPSN |
Mont | 44°37′N 48°03′E / 44.62°N 48.05°E | 15 | 1997 | Mont, Theban war god. | WGPSN |
Mor | 30°33′N 32°39′E / 30.55°N 32.65°E | 41 | 1979 | Mor, Phoenician; spirit of the harvest. | WGPSN |
Mot | 9°56′N 165°57′W / 9.93°N 165.95°W | 23 | 1997 | Mot, Ugaritic personification of death. | WGPSN |
Mush | 15°07′S 114°46′W / 15.12°S 114.77°W | 99 | 1985 | dMUŠ, logographic writing of the name of the Sumerian snake god Nirah. | WGPSN |
Nabu | 45°23′S 1°11′W / 45.39°S 1.19°W | 40 | 1979 | Nabu, Mesopotamian; scribe god. | WGPSN |
Nah-Hunte | 17°46′S 85°16′W / 17.76°S 85.26°W | 47 | 2000 | Nahhunte, Elamite; sun god. | WGPSN |
Namtar | 58°20′S 19°18′E / 58.34°S 19.3°E | 50 | 1979 | Namtar, Assyro-Babylonian plague demon. | WGPSN |
Nanna | 17°37′S 118°08′E / 17.61°S 118.13°E | 56 | 1985 | Nanna, Sumerian moon god; god of wisdom. | WGPSN |
Nefertum | 44°21′N 38°58′E / 44.35°N 38.96°E | 29 | 1997 | Nefertum, Original divine son of the Memphis triad, son of Ptah. | WGPSN |
Neheh | 72°08′N 62°40′W / 72.13°N 62.66°W | 54 | 1985 | Neheh, Egyptian god of eternity. | WGPSN |
Neith | 29°27′N 6°58′W / 29.45°N 6.97°W | 90 | 1988 | Neith, Egyptian warrior goddess; goddess of domestic arts. | WGPSN |
Nergal | 38°35′N 159°40′E / 38.58°N 159.67°E | 9.6 | 1997 | Nergal, Assyro-Babylonian king of the underworld. | WGPSN |
Nidaba | 17°45′N 123°26′W / 17.75°N 123.43°W | 199 | 1985 | Nisaba, Sumerian scribal arts and grain goddess. | WGPSN |
Nigirsu | 58°16′S 39°26′E / 58.26°S 39.43°E | 53 | 1979 | Nigirsu, Mesopotamian; tutelary god of Girsu, portrayed as a warrior and a farmer. | WGPSN |
Ningishzida | 14°07′N 170°10′E / 14.11°N 170.16°E | 32 | 1997 | Ningishzida, Sumerian vegetation god. | WGPSN |
Ninkasi | 59°13′N 48°51′W / 59.21°N 48.85°W | 81 | 1988 | Ninkasi, Sumerian goddess of brewing. | WGPSN |
Ninki | 8°22′S 120°47′W / 8.37°S 120.79°W | 194 | 1985 | Ninki, Mesopotamian; primordial deity. | WGPSN |
Ninlil | 6°16′N 118°19′W / 6.27°N 118.32°W | 91 | 1985 | Ninlil, Mesopotamian; wife of Enlil, co-ruler of the pantheon. | WGPSN |
Ninsum | 14°21′S 140°33′W / 14.35°S 140.55°W | 88 | 1985 | Ninsun, Mesopotamian; Gilgamesh's divine mother. | WGPSN |
Nut | 54°13′S 90°48′E / 54.21°S 90.8°E | 90 | 1979 | Nut, Egyptian goddess of the sky. | WGPSN |
Osiris | 38°00′S 166°19′W / 38°S 166.31°W | 107 | 1979 | Osiris, Egyptian god of the dead. | WGPSN |
Ptah | 65°54′S 142°57′E / 65.9°S 142.95°E | 30 | 1988 | Ptah, Sovereign god of Memphis; patron of artisans. | WGPSN |
Punt | 24°53′S 120°09′E / 24.89°S 120.15°E | 135 | 1997 | Punt, Land east of Egypt where Bes originated. Changed from Punt Facula. | WGPSN |
Ruti | 13°14′N 51°21′E / 13.23°N 51.35°E | 16 | 1979 | Ruti, Phoenician; Byblos god. | WGPSN |
Saltu | 14°09′S 7°14′E / 14.15°S 7.23°E | 40 | 2006 | Saltu, Mesopotamian; a figure in the Agushaya Hymn representing discord and hostility. | WGPSN |
Sapas | 57°27′N 33°59′W / 57.45°N 33.99°W | 56 | 1979 | Shapash, Ugaritic; sun goddess, "torch of the gods." | WGPSN |
Sati | 30°50′N 12°48′W / 30.84°N 12.8°W | 95 | 1988 | Sati, Wife of Khnum, Egyptian god of the Cataracts. | WGPSN |
Sebek | 61°15′N 3°13′E / 61.25°N 3.22°E | 61 | 1979 | Sebek, Egyptian crocodile god. | WGPSN |
Seima | 17°05′N 144°02′E / 17.09°N 144.03°E | 38 | 1985 | Seima, Mother goddess of the Arameans. | WGPSN |
Seker | 39°10′S 14°37′E / 39.16°S 14.62°E | 103 | 1988 | Seker, Egyptian god of the dead at Memphis. | WGPSN |
Selket | 15°02′N 105°42′W / 15.03°N 105.7°W | 168 | 1985 | Selket, Tutelary goddess who guarded intestines of the dead. | WGPSN |
Serapis | 12°24′S 44°07′W / 12.4°S 44.11°W | 169 | 1997 | Serapis, Egyptian healing god. | WGPSN |
Shu | 43°10′N 3°10′E / 43.16°N 3.16°E | 44 | 1988 | Shu, Egyptian god of air. | WGPSN |
Sin | 52°56′N 2°32′E / 52.94°N 2.54°E | 19 | 1979 | Sin, Babylonian moon god. | WGPSN |
Tammuz | 13°27′N 129°14′E / 13.45°N 129.24°E | 51 | 1985 | Tammuz, Egyptian childbirth goddess. | WGPSN |
Tanit | 57°29′N 36°37′W / 57.49°N 36.62°W | 26 | 1979 | Tanit, Phoenician; tuterlary goddess of Carthage. | WGPSN |
Tashmetum | 39°43′S 95°28′E / 39.72°S 95.46°E | 135 | 2000 | Tashmetum, Assyro-Babylonian; wife of Nabu. | WGPSN |
Ta-urt | 27°40′N 55°48′E / 27.66°N 55.8°E | 94 | 1988 | Taweret, Egyptian goddess. | WGPSN |
Teshub | 68°18′S 80°43′E / 68.3°S 80.72°E | 188 | 1994 | Teshub, Hurrian; weather god. | WGPSN |
Thoth | 43°13′S 147°15′W / 43.22°S 147.25°W | 102 | 1985 | Thoth, Egyptian moon god; invented all arts and sciences. | WGPSN |
Tros | 11°08′N 27°16′W / 11.14°N 27.26°W | 94 | 1979 | Tros, Greek; father of Ganymede. | WGPSN |
Upuant | 46°24′N 40°28′E / 46.4°N 40.46°E | 17 | 1997 | Upuant, Jackal-headed warrior god, god of the dead. | WGPSN |
We-ila | 12°22′S 69°39′E / 12.36°S 69.65°E | 36 | 2000 | We-ila, Akkadian god from whom the hero Atra-hasis was created. | WGPSN |
Wepwawet | 69°53′S 59°49′W / 69.89°S 59.81°W | 86 | 2000 | Wepwawet, Ancient Egyptian jackal deity. | WGPSN |
Zakar | 31°17′N 26°20′E / 31.28°N 26.33°E | 170 | 1997 | Zakar, Mesopotamian dream god. | WGPSN |
Zaqar | 58°10′N 37°25′W / 58.16°N 37.41°W | 33 | 1979 | Zaqar, Mesopotamian dream god | WGPSN |
Dropped or not approved names
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Keret | 16°00′N 35°12′W / 16.0°N 35.2°W | 36.0 | 1979 | Dropped. Keret, Ugaritic hero. Name dropped because feature not found on imagery. | WGPSN |
Khnum | 17°48′S 85°12′W / 17.8°S 85.2°W | 45.0 | – | Not approved named. Khnum, Egyptian ram-headed creation god. Note: Provisional name Khnum changed to Nah-Hunte because of duplication with Khnum Catena. | WGPSN |
Wadjet | 53°48′S 268°54′W / 53.8°S 268.9°W | 100.0 | 2000 | Dropped name. Wadjet, Egyptian cobra goddess. Same crater as Nut. | WGPSN |
Gaspra (31)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Aix | 47°54′N 160°18′W / 47.9°N 160.3°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Alupka | 65°N 65°W / 65°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Baden-Baden | 46°N 55°W / 46°N 55°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Germany | WGPSN |
Badgastein | 25°N 3°W / 25°N 3°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Austria | WGPSN |
Bagnoles | 55°N 122°W / 55°N 122°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in France | WGPSN |
Bath | 13°24′N 9°42′W / 13.4°N 9.7°W | 0.9 | 1994 | Spa in England | WGPSN |
Beppu | 3°54′N 58°24′W / 3.9°N 58.4°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa on Kyushu Japan | WGPSN |
Brookton | 27°42′N 103°18′W / 27.7°N 103.3°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Calistoga | 30°N 2°W / 30°N 2°W | 1.2 | 1994 | Resort in California USA | WGPSN |
Carlsbad | 29°42′N 88°48′W / 29.7°N 88.8°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Charax | 8°36′N 0°00′E / 8.6°N -0°E | 0.9 | 1994 | Roman fortress in Gaspra Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Helwan | 22°24′N 118°54′W / 22.4°N 118.9°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Egypt | WGPSN |
Ixtapan | 11°54′N 86°54′W / 11.9°N 86.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Mexico | WGPSN |
Katsiveli | 55°N 65°W / 55°N 65°W | 0.3 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Krynica | 49°N 35°W / 49°N 35°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Poland | WGPSN |
Lisdoonvarna | 16°30′N 1°54′E / 16.5°N 1.9°E | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Ireland | WGPSN |
Loutraki | 42°N 140°W / 42°N 140°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Greece | WGPSN |
Mandal | 23°30′N 46°30′W / 23.5°N 46.5°W | 0.1 | 1994 | Spa in Norway | WGPSN |
Manikaran | 62°N 155°W / 62°N 155°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in India | WGPSN |
Marienbad | 35°24′N 81°48′W / 35.4°N 81.8°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Czech Republic | WGPSN |
Miskhor | 15°00′N 65°54′W / 15°N 65.9°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Moree | 15°06′N 164°24′W / 15.1°N 164.4°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Australia | WGPSN |
Ramlösa | 15°00′N 4°54′W / 15°N 4.9°W | 0.7 | 1994 | Spa in Sweden | WGPSN |
Rio Hondo | 31°42′N 20°42′W / 31.7°N 20.7°W | 0.6 | 1994 | Spa in Argentina | WGPSN |
Rotorua | 18°48′N 30°42′W / 18.8°N 30.7°W | 0.5 | 1994 | Spa in New Zealand | WGPSN |
Saratoga | 50°N 90°E / 50°N 90°E | 2.8 | 1994 | Spa in New York USA | WGPSN |
Spa | 51°30′N 152°00′W / 51.5°N 152°W | 1.6 | 1994 | Health resort in Belgium | WGPSN |
Tang-Shan | 59°N 104°E / 59°N 104°E | 2.1 | 1994 | Spa in China | WGPSN |
Yalova | 29°N 10°W / 29°N 10°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Health resort in Turkey | WGPSN |
Yalta | 57°36′N 98°42′E / 57.6°N 98.7°E | 1.4 | 1994 | Spa in Crimea Ukraine | WGPSN |
Zohar | 23°N 118°W / 23°N 118°W | 0.4 | 1994 | Spa in Israel | WGPSN |
Hyperion (4)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Bahloo | 36°N 164°E / 36°N 164°E | n.a. | 1982 | Bahloo. The Moon; maker of girl babies (Aboriginal mythology) | WGPSN |
Helios | 71°N 132°W / 71°N 132°W | n.a. | 1982 | Helios. Greek sun god; son of Hyperion (Greek mythology) | WGPSN |
Jarilo | 61°N 177°E / 61°N 177°E | n.a. | 1982 | Jarilo, East Slavic god of the sun fertility and love (Slavic mythology) | WGPSN |
Meri | 3°N 171°W / 3°N 171°W | n.a. | 1982 | Meri, folk hero; the Sun (Bororó people) | WGPSN |
Iapetus (58)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Abisme | 37°32′N 92°55′W / 37.53°N 92.92°W | 767.74 | 2013 | A Saracen lord killed by Archbishop Turpin | WGPSN |
Acelin | 42°42′N 154°54′W / 42.7°N 154.9°W | 38 | 2008 | Aceline of Gascony one of the Twelve Peers the council of King Charles | WGPSN |
Adelroth | 6°36′N 176°24′E / 6.6°N 176.4°E | 57 | 2008 | Marsilion's nephew killed by Roland in the first battle | WGPSN |
Almeric | 53°24′N 84°00′E / 53.4°N 84°E | 43 | 1982 | One of 12 peers killed by Marsilion | WGPSN |
Anseïs | 40°42′S 69°12′E / 40.7°S 69.2°E | 48 | 2008 | One of the Twelve Peers; kills Turgis; killed by Malquiant | WGPSN |
Astor | 14°54′N 38°48′E / 14.9°N 38.8°E | 122 | 2008 | A French baron; ruled over Valence on Rhone | WGPSN |
Baligant | 16°24′N 135°06′E / 16.4°N 135.1°E | 66 | 1982 | Emir of Babylon; Marsilion enlisted his help against Charlemagne | WGPSN |
Basan | 33°18′N 165°18′E / 33.3°N 165.3°E | 76 | 1982 | French baron; Murdered while serving as Ambassador of Marsilon | WGPSN |
Basbrun | 52°00′S 111°48′W / 52°S 111.8°W | 80 | 2008 | Charlemagne's officer who hung Ganelon's 30 relatives | WGPSN |
Basile | 0°42′S 172°06′E / 0.7°S 172.1°E | 6 | 2008 | French baron; murdered near Haltile with his brother Basan while serving as ambassador to Marsilion | WGPSN |
Berenger | 62°06′N 140°18′E / 62.1°N 140.3°E | 84 | 1982 | One of twelve peers; killed Estramarin; killed by Grandoyne | WGPSN |
Besgun | 76°00′N 50°12′E / 76°N 50.2°E | 56 | 1982 | Chief cook for Charlemagne's army; he guarded Ganelon after Ganelon's treachery was discovered | WGPSN |
Bevon | 70°42′N 93°00′W / 70.7°N 93°W | 48 | 2008 | A French baron; killed by Marsilion | WGPSN |
Bramimond | 38°N 178°W / 38°N 178°W | 200 | 2008 | Queen of Saragossa wife of Marsilion | WGPSN |
Charlemagne | 55°00′N 101°12′E / 55°N 101.2°E | 95 | 1982 | Emperor of France and Germanic nations; his forces fought the Saracens in Spain | WGPSN |
Clarin | 18°18′N 71°36′W / 18.3°N 71.6°W | 84 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Climborin | 30°24′N 116°54′W / 30.4°N 116.9°W | 49 | 2008 | Saracen lord who gave his helmet to Ganelon; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Corsablis | 0°54′N 114°12′W / 0.9°N 114.2°W | 73 | 2008 | Saracen lord; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass; killed Archbishop Turpin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Dapamort | 36°36′N 84°54′W / 36.6°N 84.9°W | 49 | 2008 | A Saracen king from Lycia; leader in Baligant's army | WGPSN |
Engelier | 40°30′S 95°18′E / 40.5°S 95.3°E | 504 | 2008 | One of Twelve Peers the Gascon of Bordeaux; the most valiant knight killed by Climborin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Escremiz | 1°36′N 173°30′W / 1.6°N 173.5°W | 0.06 | 2008 | Escremiz of Valterne; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass; killed by Engelier in the first battle | WGPSN |
Eudropin | 0°54′N 139°18′E / 0.9°N 139.3°E | 42 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Falsaron | 33°48′N 82°36′W / 33.8°N 82.6°W | 424 | 2008 | Brother of King Marsilion; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Ganelon | 44°18′S 19°48′W / 44.3°S 19.8°W | 230 | 2008 | French count; stepfather of Roland; brother-in-law of Roland's uncle Charlemagne; betrays Roland and the French rear guard to Marsilion | WGPSN |
Garlon | 3°12′S 119°30′E / 3.2°S 119.5°E | 47 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Geboin | 58°36′N 173°24′W / 58.6°N 173.4°W | 81 | 1982 | Guarded French dead; became leader of Charlemagne's 2nd column | WGPSN |
Gerin | 45°36′S 127°00′E / 45.6°S 127°E | 445 | 2008 | One of the Twelve Peers; kills Malprimis; killed by Grandoyne | WGPSN |
Godefroy | 71°54′N 110°54′E / 71.9°N 110.9°E | 63 | 1982 | Standard bearer of Charlemagne; brother of Tierri Charlemagne's defender against Pinabel | WGPSN |
Grandoyne | 17°42′N 145°30′E / 17.7°N 145.5°E | 65 | 1982 | Son of Cappadocian King Capuel; killed Gerin Gerier Berenger Guy St. Antoine Duke Astorge; killed by Roland | WGPSN |
Hamon | 10°36′N 90°00′E / 10.6°N 90°E | 96 | 1982 | Joint Commander of Charlemagne's Eighth Division | WGPSN |
Ivon | 18°N 45°E / 18°N 45°E | 100 | 2008 | Frankish baron one of the Twelve Peers | WGPSN |
Johun | 12°24′N 83°24′W / 12.4°N 83.4°W | 64 | 2008 | Johun of Outremer; Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Jurfaleu | 13°00′N 2°30′W / 13°N 2.5°W | 107 | 2008 | Son of Marsilion Saracen king of Spain | WGPSN |
Lorant | 65°12′N 159°48′W / 65.2°N 159.8°W | 44 | 1982 | French commander of one of first divisions against Baligant; killed by Baligant | WGPSN |
Malprimis | 15°12′S 118°12′W / 15.2°S 118.2°W | 377 | 2008 | A Saracen lord from Brigale; killed by Gerin in the first battle | WGPSN |
Malun | 5°54′N 41°18′W / 5.9°N 41.3°W | 121 | 2008 | A Saracen lord; killed by Oliver | WGPSN |
Margaris | 27°42′N 135°48′W / 27.7°N 135.8°W | 75 | 2008 | Saracen lord from Seville; volunteered to fight at Roncevaux Pass | WGPSN |
Marsilion | 39°12′N 176°06′W / 39.2°N 176.1°W | 136 | 1982 | Saracen king of Spain; Roland wounds him and he died of wound later | WGPSN |
Matthay | 3°30′S 172°36′E / 3.5°S 172.6°E | 58 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Milon | 67°54′N 89°48′E / 67.9°N 89.8°E | 119 | 1982 | Guarded French dead while Charlemagne pursued Saracen forces | WGPSN |
Naimon | 9°18′N 30°42′E / 9.3°N 30.7°E | 244 | 2008 | King Charles’ wisest counselor | WGPSN |
Nevelon | 33°12′S 163°00′E / 33.2°S 163°E | 49 | 2008 | Shares command of Charlemagne's sixth division; leader of part of the 5th column | WGPSN |
Ogier | 42°30′N 84°54′E / 42.5°N 84.9°E | 100 | 1982 | Dane who led 3rd column in Charlemagne's army against Baligant's forces | WGPSN |
Oliver | 62°30′N 159°12′E / 62.5°N 159.2°E | 113 | 1982 | Roland's friend; mortally wounded by Marganice | WGPSN |
Othon | 33°18′N 12°12′E / 33.3°N 12.2°E | 86 | 1982 | One of twelve peers; guarded French dead while Charlemagne pursued Saracen forces; sixth column leader | WGPSN |
Pinabel | 39°S 33°W / 39°S 33°W | 83 | 2008 | Pinabel of Sorence a French baron Ganelon's kinsmen and skilled speaker. Large and powerful he agrees to fight Thierry to settle the issue of Ganelon's guilt and he lost the judicial combat | WGPSN |
Priamon | 1°30′N 173°00′E / 1.5°N 173°E | 17 | 2008 | Saracen lord and emissary to Charles | WGPSN |
Rabel | 64°24′S 166°12′W / 64.4°S 166.2°W | 91 | 2008 | A French baron; takes Roland's place at vanguard of Charlemagne's forces; leads first column | WGPSN |
Roland | 73°18′N 25°12′W / 73.3°N 25.2°W | 144 | 1982 | Charlemagne's nephew; led rear guard of French forces; hero in song of Roland | WGPSN |
Rugis | 0°06′S 99°00′W / 0.1°S 99°W | 19 | 2008 | Saracen lord one of the Saracen Twelve Peers | WGPSN |
Samson | 6°30′N 61°24′E / 6.5°N 61.4°E | 33 | 2008 | French baron Duke of Burgundy; one of the Twelve Peers; killed by Valdebron | WGPSN |
Thierry | 55°S 8°W / 55°S 8°W | 110 | 2008 | French knight; Duke of Argonne; brother of Godefroy Charlemagne's standard bearer. At Ganelon's trial Thierry alone insists on Ganelon's guilt | WGPSN |
Tibbald | 57°N 2°E / 57°N 2°E | 160 | 2008 | Tibbald of Reims; French baron; guarded French dead at Roncevaux | WGPSN |
Timozel | 9°54′S 147°42′E / 9.9°S 147.7°E | 58 | 2008 | A Saracen lord; killed by Gerin and Gerier in the first battle | WGPSN |
Torleu | 0°12′S 171°36′E / 0.2°S 171.6°E | 8 | 2008 | Leader in Baligant's army; king of Persia; killed by Rabel | WGPSN |
Turgis | 16°54′N 28°24′W / 16.9°N 28.4°W | 580 | 2008 | A Saracen baron; count of Tortelosa; killed by Oliver in the first battle | WGPSN |
Turpin | 47°42′N 1°24′W / 47.7°N 1.4°W | 87 | 1982 | Archbishop of Rheims in Song of Roland | WGPSN |
Valdebron | 29°36′N 104°24′W / 29.6°N 104.4°W | 49 | 2008 | Saracen lord gave his sword to Ganelon | WGPSN |
Ida (21)
[edit]Crater | Named after |
---|---|
Afon | Novy Afon Cave, Abkhazia |
Atea | Atea Cave, Papua New Guinea |
Azzurra | Azzurra Grotto, Italy |
Bilemot | Bilemot Cave, Korea |
Castellana | Castellana Cave, Italy |
Choukoutien | Choukoutien, China |
Fingal | Fingal's Cave, UK |
Kartchner | Kartchner Caverns, AZ, United States |
Kazumura | Kazumura Cave, HI, United States |
Lascaux | Lascaux Cave, France |
Lechuguilla | Lechuguilla Cave, NM, United States |
Mammoth | Mammoth Cave, KY, United States |
Manjang | Manjang Cave, Korea |
Orgnac | Orgnac Cave, France |
Padirac | Padirac Cave, France |
Peacock | Peacock Cave, FL, United States |
Postojna | Postojna Cave, Slovenia |
Sterkfontein | Sterkfontein, South Africa |
Stiffe | Stiffe Cave, Italy |
Undara | Undara Cave, Australia |
Viento | Viento Cave, Spain |
Itokawa (10)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Catalina | 17°S 14°E / 17°S 14°E | 0.02 | 2009 | Catalina Observatory near Tucson AZ USA | WGPSN |
Fuchinobe | 34°N 91°W / 34°N 91°W | 0.04 | 2009 | Place name in Sagamihara Japan | WGPSN |
Gando | 76°S 155°W / 76°S 155°W | n.a. | 2009 | Spanish launch facility on Gran Canaria | WGPSN |
Hammaguira | 18°S 155°W / 18°S 155°W | 0.03 | 2009 | French launch site in the Sahara Desert Algeria | WGPSN |
Kamisunagawa | 28°S 45°E / 28°S 45°E | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Hokkaido Japan where a microgravity test facility is located | WGPSN |
Kamoi | 6°N 116°W / 6°N 116°W | 0.01 | 2009 | Town in Yokohama Japan where a factory of NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems Ltd. is located | WGPSN |
Komaba | 10°S 102°E / 10°S 102°E | 0.03 | 2009 | Place name in Tokyo where the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science is located | WGPSN |
Laurel | 1°N 162°E / 1°N 162°E | 0.02 | 2009 | City in Maryland USA where APL/JHU is located | WGPSN |
Miyabaru | 40°S 116°W / 40°S 116°W | 0.09 | 2009 | Radar site in the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan | WGPSN |
San Marco | 28°S 41°W / 28°S 41°W | n.a. | 2009 | An old oil platform near Kenya that served as a launch pad for Italian spacecraft | WGPSN |
Janus (4)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Castor | n.a. | 1982 | One of the Dioscuri; famous as a tamer of horses | WGPSN | |
Idas | n.a. | 1982 | Twins; cousins of Gemini | WGPSN | |
Lynceus | n.a. | 1982 | One of twin cousins of Gemini | WGPSN | |
Phoibe | n.a. | 1982 | Daughter of Leukippos | WGPSN |
Lutetia (19)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bagacum | 46°N 49°E / 46°N 49°E | 3.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bavay in France | WGPSN |
Basilia | 73°N 176°W / 73°N 176°W | 3.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Basel in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Bonna | 62°N 67°E / 62°N 67°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bonn in Germany | WGPSN |
Burdigala | 52°N 149°W / 52°N 149°W | 10 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Bordeaux in France | WGPSN |
Florentia | 23°N 137°E / 23°N 137°E | 10.9 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Florence in Italy | WGPSN |
Gaudiaco | 58°N 5°E / 58°N 5°E | 6.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Joué-lès-Tours in France | WGPSN |
Genua | 11°N 117°E / 11°N 117°E | 1.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Genoa in Italy | WGPSN |
Gerunda | 78°N 68°E / 78°N 68°E | 4.7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Girona in Spain | WGPSN |
Lauriacum | 37°N 68°E / 37°N 68°E | 1.5 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Enns in Austria; defines zero degrees longitude on Lutetia | WGPSN |
Lugdunum | 10°N 141°W / 10°N 141°W | 17 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Lyon in France | WGPSN |
Massilia | 41°N 96°E / 41°N 96°E | 61 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Marseille in France | WGPSN |
Nicaea | 43°N 179°W / 43°N 179°W | 21 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Nice in France | WGPSN |
Patavium | 31°N 52°E / 31°N 52°E | 9.3 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Padua in Italy | WGPSN |
Roma | 13°N 117°W / 13°N 117°W | 19 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Rome in Italy | WGPSN |
Salomacus | 11°N 109°E / 11°N 109°E | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Salles (Gironde) in France | WGPSN |
Salona | 32°N 37°E / 32°N 37°E | 7.1 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Solin in Croatia | WGPSN |
Syracusae | 39°N 32°W / 39°N 32°W | 7 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Syracuse in Italy | WGPSN |
Toletum | 87°N 161°E / 87°N 161°E | 6 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Toledo in Spain | WGPSN |
Turicum | 20°N 158°E / 20°N 158°E | 3.8 | 2011 | City at the time of Lutetia present-day Zurich in Switzerland | WGPSN |
Mars (1092)
[edit]Mathilde (23)
[edit]Mercury (397)
[edit]Mimas (35)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Accolon | 70°34′S 175°35′E / 70.56°S 175.59°E | 48 | 1982 | Companion of Arthur's; he was tricked into jousting with Arthur | WGPSN |
Arthur | 35°24′S 163°58′E / 35.4°S 163.96°E | 64 | 1982 | King of the Round Table Assemblage | WGPSN |
Balin | 14°43′N 82°31′W / 14.71°N 82.51°W | 35 | 1982 | Knight of matchless courage and virtue | WGPSN |
Ban | 43°56′N 160°45′W / 43.93°N 160.75°W | 37 | 1982 | King of Benwick; father of Sir Launcelot ally of Arthur in the battle of Bedgrayne | WGPSN |
Bedivere | 9°34′N 149°25′W / 9.57°N 149.42°W | 25 | 1982 | Arthurian knight | WGPSN |
Bors | 41°49′N 172°18′W / 41.82°N 172.3°W | 34 | 1982 | King of Gaul; father of Sir Ector de Marys Sir Bors Sir Lyonel | WGPSN |
Dagonet | 47°50′N 98°23′E / 47.84°N 98.38°E | 28 | 2008 | Fool at King Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Dynas | 2°21′N 80°43′W / 2.35°N 80.71°W | 35 | 1982 | A knight of the Round Table | WGPSN |
Elaine | 46°20′N 107°00′W / 46.33°N 107°W | 21 | 1982 | Daughter of King Pelles lover of Sir Launcelot and mother by him of Sir Galahad | WGPSN |
Gaheris | 44°34′S 61°49′E / 44.57°S 61.81°E | 23 | 1982 | Older son of King Lot; killed by Sir Launcelot in his rescue of Gwynevere from burning | WGPSN |
Galahad | 45°19′S 145°19′W / 45.32°S 145.31°W | 34 | 1982 | Bastard son of Launcelot and Elaine. He went on the quest to find the Holy Grail | WGPSN |
Gareth | 43°04′S 72°13′E / 43.06°S 72.22°E | 23 | 1982 | Youngest son of King Lot; killed by Sir Launcelot in his rescue of Gwynevere from burning | WGPSN |
Gawain | 58°32′S 98°55′E / 58.54°S 98.92°E | 27 | 1982 | Eldest son of King Lot; Arthur's favorite cousin | WGPSN |
Gwynevere | 17°36′S 36°18′E / 17.6°S 36.3°E | 42 | 1982 | Queen; wife of Arthur; lover of Launcelot | WGPSN |
Herschel | 1°23′S 111°46′W / 1.38°S 111.76°W | 139 | 1982 | William; German-British astronomer; discovered Mimas and Enceladus (1738-1822) | WGPSN |
Igraine | 41°59′S 128°47′E / 41.99°S 128.79°E | 38 | 1982 | Wife of Uther; mother of Arthur | WGPSN |
Iseult | 47°14′S 33°47′W / 47.24°S 33.78°W | 21 | 1982 | Loved by Tristram | WGPSN |
Kay | 44°37′N 120°32′W / 44.61°N 120.54°W | 24 | 1982 | Royal seneschal at Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Lamerok | 62°16′S 70°49′E / 62.27°S 70.82°E | 20 | 1982 | Pellinore's son; sent testing horn to King Mark to expose adultery of Sir Tristram | WGPSN |
Launcelot | 9°28′S 31°31′E / 9.46°S 31.51°E | 30 | 1982 | King Arthur's favorite; champion and lover of Queen Gwynevere | WGPSN |
Lot | 31°28′S 128°24′E / 31.46°S 128.4°E | 22 | 1982 | Leader of the rebel kings of the north and west. Married Margawse and begat Sir Gawain Sir Aggravayne Sir Gaheris | WGPSN |
Lucas | 40°45′N 139°39′E / 40.75°N 139.65°E | 40 | 2008 | Butler at King Arthur's court | WGPSN |
Marhaus | 8°58′S 0°04′W / 8.96°S 0.06°W | 34 | 2008 | Delivers poison wound to Tristram before being mortally wounded by him | WGPSN |
Mark | 26°17′S 51°41′E / 26.28°S 51.68°E | 20.8 | 1982 | King of Cornwall | WGPSN |
Melyodas | 74°56′S 77°11′W / 74.93°S 77.19°W | 40 | 2008 | King of Lyoness; marries King Mark's sister who dies bearing their son Sir Tristram | WGPSN |
Merlin | 38°26′S 140°59′E / 38.43°S 140.99°E | 37 | 1982 | Magician and prophet; son of the devil; Arthur's mentor | WGPSN |
Modred | 4°09′N 140°19′E / 4.15°N 140.32°E | 26 | 1982 | Arthur's bastard son and mortal enemy; delivered fatal wound to Arthur but was killed by him | WGPSN |
Morgan | 24°13′N 115°01′E / 24.21°N 115.02°E | 43 | 1982 | Arthur's half sister; enchantress; plotted to destroy Arthur but failed | WGPSN |
Nero | 0°22′S 52°42′E / 0.36°S 52.7°E | 22 | 2008 | King of the West principal enemy of Arthur | WGPSN |
Palomides | 3°23′N 162°00′W / 3.39°N 162°W | 10 | 1982 | Saracen enemy of Tristam | WGPSN |
Pellinore | 29°46′N 135°27′W / 29.76°N 135.45°W | 36 | 1982 | King whose duty was to pursue the questing beast and either run it to earth or lose his strength | WGPSN |
Percivale | 3°01′S 178°52′W / 3.01°S 178.86°W | 20 | 1982 | Very pure knight; accomplished quest of Holy Grail | WGPSN |
Royns | 32°28′N 12°31′E / 32.46°N 12.51°E | 22.1 | 2008 | King of the West principal enemy of Arthur | WGPSN |
Tristram | 52°19′S 26°00′W / 52.32°S 26°W | 20 | 1982 | Saved Iseult; fell in love with her | WGPSN |
Uther | 35°10′S 109°50′E / 35.16°S 109.83°E | 34 | 1982 | Ruler of all Britain; Arthur's father | WGPSN |
Miranda (7)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alonso | 44°00′S 7°24′W / 44°S 7.4°W | 25 | 1988 | King of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Ferdinand | 34°48′S 157°54′W / 34.8°S 157.9°W | 17 | 1988 | Son of King of Naples; loves Miranda in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Francisco | 73°12′S 124°00′W / 73.2°S 124°W | 14 | 1988 | A lord of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Gonzalo | 11°24′S 77°00′E / 11.4°S 77°E | 11 | 1988 | Honest old counselor of Naples in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Prospero | 32°54′S 30°06′W / 32.9°S 30.1°W | 21 | 1988 | Rightful Duke of Mila in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Stephano | 41°06′S 125°54′W / 41.1°S 125.9°W | 16 | 1988 | A drunken butler in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Trinculo | 63°42′S 163°24′E / 63.7°S 163.4°E | 11 | 1988 | A jester in The Tempest | WGPSN |
Moon (1624)
[edit]Oberon (9)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antony | 27°30′S 65°24′E / 27.5°S 65.4°E | 47 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in Anthony and Cleopatra | WGPSN |
Caesar | 26°36′S 61°06′E / 26.6°S 61.1°E | 76 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in Julius Caesar | WGPSN |
Coriolanus | 11°24′S 14°48′W / 11.4°S 14.8°W | 120 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Falstaff | 22°06′S 19°00′E / 22.1°S 19°E | 124 | 1988 | Shakespearean character in Merry Wives of Windsor | WGPSN |
Hamlet | 46°06′S 44°24′E / 46.1°S 44.4°E | 206 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Lear | 5°24′S 31°30′E / 5.4°S 31.5°E | 126 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero in King Lear | WGPSN |
Macbeth | 58°24′S 112°30′E / 58.4°S 112.5°E | 203 | 1988 | Shakespearean hero | WGPSN |
Othello | 66°00′S 42°54′E / 66°S 42.9°E | 114 | 1988 | Shakespearean character | WGPSN |
Romeo | 28°42′S 89°24′E / 28.7°S 89.4°E | 159 | 1988 | Shakespearean character in Romeo and Juliet | WGPSN |
Phobos (17)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Clustril | 60°N 91°W / 60°N 91°W | 3.4 | 2006 | Character in Lilliput who informed Flimnap that his wife had visited Gulliver privately in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
D'Arrest | 39°S 179°W / 39°S 179°W | 2.1 | 1973 | Heinrich L.; German/Danish astronomer (1822-1875) | WGPSN |
Drunlo | 36°30′N 92°00′W / 36.5°N 92°W | 4.2 | 2006 | Character in Lilliput who informed Flimnap that his wife had visited Gulliver privately in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Flimnap | 60°N 10°E / 60°N 10°E | 1.5 | 2006 | Treasurer of Lilliput in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Grildrig | 81°N 165°E / 81°N 165°E | 2.6 | 2006 | Name given to Gulliver by the farmer's daughter in the giants’ country Brobdingnag in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Gulliver | 62°N 163°W / 62°N 163°W | 5.5 | 2006 | Lemuel Gulliver surgeon captain and voyager in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Hall | 80°S 150°E / 80°S 150°E | 5.4 | 1973 | Asaph; American astronomer discoverer of Phobos and Deimos (1829-1907) | WGPSN |
Limtoc | 11°S 54°W / 11°S 54°W | 2 | 2006 | General in Lilliput who prepared articles of impeachment against Gulliver in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Öpik | 7°S 63°E / 7°S 63°E | 2 | 2011 | Ernst J. Estonian astronomer (1893-1985) | WGPSN |
Reldresal | 41°N 39°W / 41°N 39°W | 2.9 | 2006 | Secretary for Private Affairs in Lilliput; Gulliver's friend in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Roche | 53°N 177°E / 53°N 177°E | 2.3 | 1973 | Edouard; French astronomer (1820-1883) | WGPSN |
Sharpless | 27°30′S 154°00′W / 27.5°S 154°W | 1.8 | 1973 | Bevan P.; American astronomer (1904-1950) | WGPSN |
Shklovsky | 24°N 112°E / 24°N 112°E | 2 | 2011 | Iosif S. Soviet astronomer (1916-1985) | WGPSN |
Skyresh | 52°30′N 40°00′E / 52.5°N 40°E | 1.5 | 2006 | Skyresh Bolgolam High Admiral of the Lilliput council who opposed Gulliver's plea for freedom and accused him of being a traitor in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels | WGPSN |
Stickney | 1°N 49°W / 1°N 49°W | 9 | 1973 | Angeline; wife of American astronomer A. Hall (1830-1892) | WGPSN |
Todd | 9°S 153°W / 9°S 153°W | 2.6 | 1973 | David; American astronomer (1855-1939) | WGPSN |
Wendell | 1°S 132°W / 1°S 132°W | 1.7 | 1973 | Oliver C.; American astronomer (1845-1912) | WGPSN |
Phoebe (24)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Acastus | 9°36′N 148°30′W / 9.6°N 148.5°W | 34 | 2006 | Argonaut son of the Thessalian king Pelias took part in the Calydonian boar hunt | WGPSN |
Admetus | 11°24′N 39°06′W / 11.4°N 39.1°W | 58 | 2006 | Argonaut founder and king of Pherae in Thessaly | WGPSN |
Amphion | 27°00′S 1°48′W / 27°S 1.8°W | 18 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Hyperasius and Hypso | WGPSN |
Butes | 49°36′S 67°30′E / 49.6°S 67.5°E | 29 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Teleon bee-master | WGPSN |
Calais | 38°42′S 134°36′E / 38.7°S 134.6°E | 31 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Boreas the north wind | WGPSN |
Canthus | 69°36′S 17°48′E / 69.6°S 17.8°E | 44 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Kanethos or Cerion the only member of the expedition to die in combat | WGPSN |
Clytius | 46°00′N 166°54′E / 46°N 166.9°E | 52 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Eurytus skilled archer who was killed by Apollo for challenging the god to a shooting match | WGPSN |
Erginus | 31°36′N 22°54′E / 31.6°N 22.9°E | 38 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune helmsman of the Argo after the death of Tiphys | WGPSN |
Euphemus | 31°18′S 28°54′E / 31.3°S 28.9°E | 23 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune and Europa | WGPSN |
Eurydamas | 61°30′S 78°24′E / 61.5°S 78.4°E | 19 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Ctimenus | WGPSN |
Eurytion | 30°24′S 8°00′W / 30.4°S 8°W | 14 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Kenethos or Cerion | WGPSN |
Eurytus | 39°42′S 177°12′W / 39.7°S 177.2°W | 89 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Mercury and Antianira | WGPSN |
Hylas | 7°54′N 5°30′E / 7.9°N 5.5°E | 30 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Theiodamas/Theodamas king of the Dryopes | WGPSN |
Idmon | 67°06′S 162°12′E / 67.1°S 162.2°E | 61 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Apollo and the nymph Cyrene or of Abas a prophet | WGPSN |
Iphitus | 27°12′S 66°42′E / 27.2°S 66.7°E | 22 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Eurytus Jason's host during his consultation with the Oracle at Delphi | WGPSN |
Jason | 16°12′N 42°18′E / 16.2°N 42.3°E | 101 | 2006 | The leading argonaut son of the Thessalian king Aeson delivered the Fleece | WGPSN |
Mopsus | 6°36′N 109°06′W / 6.6°N 109.1°W | 37 | 2006 | Argonaut prophesying son of Apollo | WGPSN |
Nauplius | 31°30′N 118°30′E / 31.5°N 118.5°E | 24 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Neptune and Amymone or of Klytoneos | WGPSN |
Oileus | 77°06′S 96°54′W / 77.1°S 96.9°W | 56 | 2006 | Argonaut king of the Locrians renowned for his courage in battle | WGPSN |
Peleus | 20°12′N 167°48′E / 20.2°N 167.8°E | 44 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Aeacus father of Achilles | WGPSN |
Phlias | 1°36′N 0°54′E / 1.6°N 0.9°E | 14 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Dionysus | WGPSN |
Talaus | 52°18′S 34°48′E / 52.3°S 34.8°E | 15 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Teleon or of Bias and Pero | WGPSN |
Telamon | 48°06′S 92°36′W / 48.1°S 92.6°W | 28 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Aeacus took part in the Calydonian boar hunt | WGPSN |
Zetes | 20°S 137°E / 20°S 137°E | 29 | 2006 | Argonaut son of Boreas the north wind | WGPSN |
Pluto (14)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Burney | 45°N 130°E / 45°N 130°E | 296 | 2017 | Venetia Burney, who suggested the name Pluto | WGPSN |
Coradini | 42°53′N 191°26′E / 42.88°N 191.43°E | 38 | 2022 | Angioletta Coradini, Italian planetary scientist | WGPSN |
Coradini | 15°14′N 150°32′E / 15.24°N 150.54°E | 45 | 2020 | Thomas Boyd | WGPSN |
Edgeworth | 6°52′N 109°25′E / 6.86°N 109.42°E | 149 | 2021 | Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer | WGPSN |
Elliot | 10°N 140°E / 10°N 140°E | 96 | 2017 | James Elliot, an MIT researcher who pioneered the use of stellar occultations | WGPSN |
Hardaway | 46°51′N 140°58′E / 46.85°N 140.97°E | 11.07 | 2020 | Lisa Hardaway, lead engineer of New Horizons's RALPH instrument | WGPSN |
Hardie | 23°49′N 141°35′E / 23.82°N 141.58°E | 25 | 2020 | Robert H. Hardie, American astronomer and co-discoverer of Pluto's rotational period | WGPSN |
Khare | 27°51′N 94°34′E / 27.85°N 94.56°E | 58 | 2019 | Bishun Khare, Indian-American atmospheric chemist who researched Pluto's tholin cycle | WGPSN |
Kiladze | 28°23′N 212°55′E / 28.39°N 212.92°E | 44.42 | 2019 | Rolan Kiladze, Georgian astronomer who researched Pluto's orbital dynamics | WGPSN |
Kowal | 49°29′N 217°52′E / 49.48°N 217.87°E | 66 | 2022 | Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer who discovered the ringed centaur 2060 Chiron | WGPSN |
Oort | 7°52′N 92°03′E / 7.86°N 92.05°E | 123 | 2021 | Jan Hendrik Oort, Dutch astronomer who proposed the hypothetical Oort cloud | WGPSN |
Pulfrich | 77°48′N 135°59′E / 77.80°N 135.99°E | 37.7 | 2020 | Carl Pulfrich, German physicist and inventor of the blink comparator, the device used to discover Pluto | WGPSN |
Simonelli | 12°47′N 314°46′E / 12.79°N 314.76°E | 286 | 2019 | Damon Simonelli, American astronomer who researched the formation of Pluto | WGPSN |
Zagar | 5°44′S 155°14′E / 5.74°S 155.23°E | 93 | 2020 | Francesco Zagar, Italian astronomer who studied Pluto's orbit | WGPSN |
Proteus (1)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pharos | 10°S 10°W / 10°S 10°W | 255 | 1994 | Pharos, a former island near the Lighthouse of Alexandria | WGPSN |
Puck (3)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bogle | n.a. | 1988 | Scottish mischievous spirits | WGPSN | |
Butz | n.a. | 1988 | German roguish or evil spirits | WGPSN | |
Lob | n.a. | 1988 | British mischievous spirits | WGPSN |
Rhea (128)
[edit]Steins (23)
[edit]Tethys (50)
[edit]Thebe (1)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Zethus | 10°N 175°W / 10°N 175°W | 40 | 2000 | Husband of Thebe in Greek myths | WGPSN |
Titan (11)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afekan | 25°48′N 159°42′E / 25.8°N 159.7°E | 115 | 2008 | New Guinea goddess of creation and knowledge who teaches people how to live correctly | WGPSN |
Beag | 34°44′S 169°33′W / 34.74°S 169.55°W | 27 | 2015 | Celtic/Irish goddess of water education and knowledge. Anyone who drinks the water from her well will become wise | WGPSN |
Forseti | 25°32′N 10°24′W / 25.53°N 10.4°W | 145 | 2015 | Norse god the wisest and most eloquent of the Aesir | WGPSN |
Hano | 40°18′N 14°54′E / 40.3°N 14.9°E | 100 | 2011 | Bella Coola (northwestern USA and western Canada) goddess of education knowledge and magic. She manifested as a shaman so she could teach the people | WGPSN |
Ksa | 14°00′N 65°24′W / 14°N 65.4°W | 29 | 2006 | Lakota and Oglala (South Dakota USA) god of wisdom | WGPSN |
Menrva | 20°06′N 87°12′W / 20.1°N 87.2°W | 392 | 2006 | Etruscan goddess of wisdom | WGPSN |
Momoy | 11°36′N 44°36′W / 11.6°N 44.6°W | 40 | 2011 | Chumash (California USA) ancestor shaman and goddess of magic education knowledge health and healing | WGPSN |
Mystis | 0°04′N 165°08′E / 0.07°N 165.14°E | 20 | 2015 | Greek nymph a minor deity nurse of the god Dionysus who instructed him in the Mysteries | WGPSN |
Selk | 7°N 161°E / 7°N 161°E | 80 | 2008 | Egyptian goddess of knowledge writing education and reptiles | WGPSN |
Sinlap | 11°18′N 16°00′W / 11.3°N 16°W | 80 | 2006 | Kachin (N. Burma) wise spirit who dwells in the sky and gives wisdom to his worshippers | WGPSN |
Soi | 24°18′N 140°54′W / 24.3°N 140.9°W | 75 | 2012 | Melanesian (New Ireland Island Papua New Guinea) god of wisdom | WGPSN |
Titania (15)
[edit]Triton (9)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amarum | 26°00′N 24°30′E / 26°N 24.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Quecha (Ecuador) water boa | WGPSN |
Andvari | 20°30′N 34°00′E / 20.5°N 34°E | n.a. | 1991 | Norse fish shaped dwarf | WGPSN |
Cay | 12°S 44°E / 12°S 44°E | n.a. | 1991 | Mayan deity | WGPSN |
Ilomba | 14°30′S 57°00′E / 14.5°S 57°E | n.a. | 1991 | Lozi (Zambia) water snake linked with destruction | WGPSN |
Kurma | 16°30′S 61°00′E / 16.5°S 61°E | n.a. | 1991 | Vishnu in the form of a tortoise | WGPSN |
Mazomba | 18°30′S 63°30′E / 18.5°S 63.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Chaga (Tanzania) mythical large fish | WGPSN |
Ravgga | 3°00′S 71°30′E / 3°S 71.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Finnish fortune-telling fish god | WGPSN |
Tangaroa | 25°00′S 65°30′E / 25°S 65.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Māori fishing and sea god | WGPSN |
Vodyanoy | 17°00′S 28°30′E / 17°S 28.5°E | n.a. | 1991 | Slavic water spirit | WGPSN |
Umbriel (13)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alberich | 33°36′S 42°12′E / 33.6°S 42.2°E | 52 | 1988 | Dwarf who guarded Niebelung gold also had a mantle of invisibility | WGPSN |
Fin | 37°24′S 44°18′E / 37.4°S 44.3°E | 43 | 1988 | Troll who helped build a church in Kallundburg Zealand | WGPSN |
Gob | 12°42′S 27°48′E / 12.7°S 27.8°E | 88 | 1988 | King of gnomes | WGPSN |
Kanaloa | 10°48′S 14°18′W / 10.8°S 14.3°W | 86 | 1988 | Polynesian chief evil spirit | WGPSN |
Malingee | 22°54′S 13°54′E / 22.9°S 13.9°E | 164 | 1988 | Aboriginal spirit who travels at night | WGPSN |
Minepa | 42°42′S 8°12′E / 42.7°S 8.2°E | 58 | 1988 | Macouas and Banayis evil spirit | WGPSN |
Peri | 9°12′S 4°18′E / 9.2°S 4.3°E | 61 | 1988 | Persian evil spirit who disguised malevolence by charm; disturbed natural elements and heavenly bodies | WGPSN |
Setibos | 30°48′S 13°42′W / 30.8°S 13.7°W | 50 | 1988 | Chief devil | WGPSN |
Skynd | 1°48′S 28°18′W / 1.8°S 28.3°W | 72 | 1988 | Troll who stole three wives of a man living in Englerup | WGPSN |
Vuver | 4°42′S 48°24′W / 4.7°S 48.4°W | 98 | 1988 | Volga Finn evil spirit | WGPSN |
Wokolo | 30°00′S 1°48′E / 30°S 1.8°E | 208 | 1988 | Baramba (West Africa) devil spirit | WGPSN |
Wunda | 7°54′S 86°24′W / 7.9°S 86.4°W | 131 | 1988 | Australian dark spirit | WGPSN |
Zlyden | 23°18′S 33°48′W / 23.3°S 33.8°W | 44 | 1988 | Slavic evil spirit | WGPSN |
Venus (900)
[edit]Vesta (90)
[edit]Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aconia | 7°32′N 151°22′E / 7.54°N 151.37°E | 19 | 2014 | Fabia Aconia Paulina; Roman aristocratic woman wife of Praetextatus (d. c. 384) | WGPSN |
Aelia | 14°16′S 69°12′W / 14.26°S 69.2°W | 4.34 | 2012 | Aelia Oculata; Roman vestal virgin (c. 83) | WGPSN |
Africana | 68°59′N 14°08′W / 68.99°N 14.13°W | 25.43 | 2014 | Cornelia Africana; Roman noblewoman wife of Tiberus Gracchus Major mother of Tiberus and Gaius Gracchus (c. 190-100 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Albana | 76°37′N 159°19′W / 76.61°N 159.31°W | 90.86 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Albia | 27°51′S 78°51′E / 27.85°S 78.85°E | 5.79 | 2014 | Albia Dominica; Roman noblewoman wife of Emperor Valens (c. 337–378) | WGPSN |
Alypia | 70°13′S 139°13′E / 70.22°S 139.22°E | 15.17 | 2014 | Roman noblewoman daughter of Anthemius and Aelia Euphemia wife of Ricimer (fl. 467–472) | WGPSN |
Angioletta | 40°10′S 179°15′E / 40.16°S 179.25°E | 18.42 | 2014 | Angioletta Coradini; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011) | WGPSN |
Antonia | 58°42′S 9°13′W / 58.7°S 9.22°W | 16.75 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman daughter of M. Antonius and Octavia wife of Drusus mother of Germanicus Livilla and Emperor Claudius (36 B.C. - A.D. 37) | WGPSN |
Aquilia | 49°25′S 169°07′W / 49.41°S 169.12°W | 36.82 | 2012 | Julia Aquilia Severa; Roman vestal virgin (c. 218) | WGPSN |
Arruntia | 39°26′N 138°25′W / 39.44°N 138.41°W | 10.49 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Bellicia | 37°44′N 162°14′W / 37.73°N 162.24°W | 41.68 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Bruttia | 63°49′N 122°55′W / 63.81°N 122.91°W | 20.68 | 2014 | Bruttia Crispina; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Commodus (164-191) | WGPSN |
Caesonia | 31°12′N 110°04′W / 31.2°N 110.07°W | 104.23 | 2014 | Atia; Roman noblewoman, niece of Julius Caesar and mother of Emperor Augustus (85-43 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Calpurnia | 16°43′N 10°54′W / 16.72°N 10.9°W | 50.19 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 3rd century) | WGPSN |
Cannutia | 58°56′S 145°16′W / 58.93°S 145.27°W | 17.97 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Canuleia | 33°37′S 84°31′E / 33.62°S 84.52°E | 11.32 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Caparronia | 35°43′N 42°58′W / 35.71°N 42.97°W | 53.2 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 266 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Charito | 44°48′S 90°43′E / 44.8°S 90.71°E | 6.55 | 2014 | Roman Empress daughter of military commander Lucillianus wife of Emperor Jovian (mid 4th century C.E.) | WGPSN |
Claudia | 1°39′S 146°00′E / 1.65°S 146°E | 0.57 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 143 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Coelia | 1°08′S 120°11′W / 1.14°S 120.18°W | 14.06 | 2014 | Coelia Concordia; the last Roman vestal virgin and the last Vestalis Maxima (Chief Vestal) after the Temple of Vesta was closed in 391 (d. 406 A.D.) | WGPSN |
Cornelia | 9°22′S 15°34′E / 9.37°S 15.57°E | 14.9 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 23) | WGPSN |
Cossinia | 0°38′N 178°58′E / 0.63°N 178.96°E | 15.72 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Domitia | 37°37′N 22°02′W / 37.62°N 22.04°W | 32.99 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–19) | WGPSN |
Domna | 11°07′S 134°04′W / 11.11°S 134.07°W | 13.53 | 2012 | Julia; wife of Roman emperor Severus | WGPSN |
Drusilla | 15°03′S 51°13′E / 15.05°S 51.22°E | 20.34 | 2012 | Julia; famous Roman woman second daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina sister of Gaius (16-38) | WGPSN |
Eumachia | 0°08′N 42°56′W / 0.14°N 42.94°W | 25.78 | 2012 | Priestess and prominent citizen of Pompeii (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Eusebia | 42°02′S 5°41′W / 42.04°S 5.69°W | 23.44 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Constantius II | WGPSN |
Eutropia | 22°24′N 104°59′W / 22.4°N 104.99°W | 21.09 | 2012 | Wife of Maximian (c. 324) | WGPSN |
Fabia | 15°32′N 55°46′E / 15.53°N 55.76°E | 11.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as a vestal virgin from 73 to pre 58 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fausta | 25°26′S 99°46′E / 25.44°S 99.76°E | 3.14 | 2014 | Flavia Maxima; Roman Empress wife of Constantine I executed by him (d. 326) | WGPSN |
Flavola | 9°10′S 30°26′W / 9.16°S 30.44°W | 2.87 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 215) | WGPSN |
Floronia | 36°14′N 94°04′E / 36.23°N 94.06°E | 18.54 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 216 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fonteia | 53°15′S 68°35′W / 53.25°S 68.59°W | 20.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 69 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Fulvia | 26°08′S 67°21′W / 26.13°S 67.35°W | 16.73 | 2014 | Wife of Clodius, Curio and Antony | WGPSN |
Fundania | 57°37′N 74°59′W / 57.62°N 74.98°W | 29.23 | 2014 | Annia Fundania Faustina; Roman noblewoman cousin of M. Aurelius victim of Commodus (d. 192) | WGPSN |
Galeria | 29°49′S 18°23′E / 29.82°S 18.38°E | 21.77 | 2012 | Galeria Fundana; wife of Emperor Vitellius (c. 1st century) | WGPSN |
Gegania | 4°03′N 149°14′W / 4.05°N 149.23°W | 22.33 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Graecina | 37°27′S 122°59′W / 37.45°S 122.99°W | 11.93 | 2014 | Pomponia Graecina; Roman noblewoman married to the consul Aulus Plautius (d. A.D. 83) | WGPSN |
Helena | 41°31′S 87°27′W / 41.51°S 87.45°W | 22.06 | 2011 | Flavia Iulia Helena Augusta; mother of Constantine the Great | WGPSN |
Herennia | 72°25′S 10°20′E / 72.42°S 10.33°E | 22.33 | 2014 | Herennia Etruscilla; Roman Empress wife of Emperor Decius mother of Emperors Etruscus Herrenius and Hostilian (c. 250) | WGPSN |
Hortensia | 46°51′S 165°23′E / 46.85°S 165.38°E | 29.45 | 2014 | Daughter of consul and advocate Quintus Hortensius (fl. c. 50 B.C.); she was known as a skilled orator | WGPSN |
Iuinia | 35°35′S 121°47′W / 35.58°S 121.78°W | 3.03 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 107) | WGPSN |
Justina | 34°25′S 107°53′E / 34.41°S 107.88°E | 7.62 | 2012 | Famous Roman woman second wife of Emperor Valentinian | WGPSN |
Laelia | 46°49′S 69°33′W / 46.82°S 69.55°W | 8.89 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 62) | WGPSN |
Laeta | 14°54′N 30°06′W / 14.9°N 30.1°W | 1.37 | 2014 | Clodia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Laurentia | 28°09′S 92°48′E / 28.15°S 92.8°E | 11.48 | 2014 | Acca; mythical woman wife of the shepherd Faustulus in Roman mythology adoptive mother of Romulus and Remus | WGPSN |
Lepida | 16°44′N 96°46′E / 16.74°N 96.76°E | 42.9 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 25) | WGPSN |
Licinia | 23°20′N 167°21′E / 23.34°N 167.35°E | 24.05 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 140-113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Lollia | 37°22′S 117°40′W / 37.36°S 117.67°W | 4.9 | 2014 | Lollia Paulina; Roman woman of distinguished ancestry and great wealth Roman Empress as the third wife of Caligula (15-49) | WGPSN |
Longina | 36°58′N 20°39′E / 36.96°N 20.65°E | 17.65 | 2014 | Domitia; Roman empress wife of Emperor Domitian Augusta of Rome (c. 51–130) | WGPSN |
Lucilla | 75°58′S 60°53′W / 75.96°S 60.88°W | 19.3 | 2014 | Annia; Roman Empress mother of M. Aurelius married to Emperors L. Verus and then to Ti. Claudius (c. 150–182) | WGPSN |
Mamilia | 48°23′N 82°05′E / 48.39°N 82.09°E | 35.67 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Marcia | 8°59′N 20°27′W / 8.98°N 20.45°W | 67.6 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 113 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Mariamne | 68°26′S 9°16′W / 68.44°S 9.27°W | 30.33 | 2014 | Second wife of Herod king of Roman province Judea known for her great beauty (c. 60-29 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Metrodora | 59°26′S 100°32′E / 59.43°S 100.54°E | 23.99 | 2014 | Claudia Metrodora; Greek woman with Roman citizenship prominent public benefactor (mid 1st century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Minervina | 16°51′N 160°43′W / 16.85°N 160.71°W | 18.34 | 2014 | The first wife of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great mother of Crispus (early 4th century) | WGPSN |
Minucia | 20°12′N 2°48′W / 20.2°N 2.8°W | 23.15 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 337 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Myia | 50°32′S 103°40′W / 50.53°S 103.66°W | 2.59 | 2012 | Daughter of Pythagoras and Theano wife of Milon of Crotona | WGPSN |
Numisia | 7°29′S 37°15′E / 7.48°S 37.25°E | 29.94 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 204) | WGPSN |
Occia | 15°28′S 168°29′E / 15.47°S 168.48°E | 7.34 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (served as vestal virgin from c. 40 B.C. to A.D. 19) | WGPSN |
Octavia | 3°18′S 62°47′W / 3.3°S 62.79°W | 30.62 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (third century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Oppia | 7°53′S 99°05′E / 7.89°S 99.08°E | 36.67 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 483 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paculla | 64°13′S 151°09′E / 64.22°S 151.15°E | 22.34 | 2014 | Paculla Annia; Campanian (Southern Italy) priestess of Bacchus whose reforms radically altered the Bacchanalian ritual in ancient Rome (fl. c. 188 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Paulina | 10°55′N 133°07′E / 10.92°N 133.11°E | 18.13 | 2012 | Aurelia; priestess for life of asylum-granting Artemis Pergaia built hydreion at her own expense | WGPSN |
Perpennia | 23°02′S 101°15′W / 23.03°S 101.25°W | 21.36 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 100-70 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Pinaria | 29°32′S 178°22′W / 29.54°S 178.37°W | 41.76 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 600 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Placidia | 19°14′N 78°37′W / 19.24°N 78.62°W | 14.75 | 2014 | Galla; daughter of the Roman Emperor Theodorius I wife of Athualf King of the Visigoths and Constantius III Roman Emperor (390-450) | WGPSN |
Plancia | 61°34′N 16°05′W / 61.56°N 16.09°W | 18.48 | 2014 | Plancia Magna; daughter of Roman Senator Varus wife of Tertullus benefactress and patron of Perga the capital of the Roman province of Pamphylia in Asia Minor (1st-2nd century A.D.) | WGPSN |
Pomponia | 70°12′N 97°25′W / 70.2°N 97.42°W | 59.07 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Portia | 0°55′N 168°50′W / 0.91°N 168.83°W | 11.44 | 2014 | Daughter of Roman statesman Cato Uticensis second wife of M. Brutus (c. 70-43/42 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Postumia | 33°50′N 33°46′E / 33.84°N 33.77°E | 195.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 420 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Publicia | 14°32′N 125°38′W / 14.53°N 125.64°W | 15.79 | 2012 | Flavia Publicia; Roman vestal virgin (c. 213) | WGPSN |
Rheasilvia | 71°57′S 86°18′E / 71.95°S 86.3°E | 450 | 2011 | Rhea Silvia Roman vestal virgin mother of Romulus and Remus (c. 770 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Rubria | 7°19′S 168°20′E / 7.32°S 168.34°E | 10.27 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 54) | WGPSN |
Rufillia | 12°55′S 71°17′W / 12.92°S 71.29°W | 15.79 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 250–301) | WGPSN |
Scantia | 29°38′N 64°39′E / 29.63°N 64.65°E | 18.61 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 40 B.C.-A.D. 23) | WGPSN |
Sentia | 38°23′S 170°45′E / 38.39°S 170.75°E | 16.54 | 2014 | Amaesia Sentia; mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an instance of a female who pleaded her own cause before the praetor; called "Androgyne" for having a man's spirit with a female body | WGPSN |
Serena | 20°26′S 89°17′W / 20.43°S 89.29°W | 18.47 | 2012 | Roman noblewoman niece of Emperor Theodosius (c. 400) | WGPSN |
Severina | 75°25′S 88°27′W / 75.41°S 88.45°W | 34.74 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 240) | WGPSN |
Sextilia | 39°00′S 64°04′W / 39°S 64.07°W | 19.48 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (d. 274 B.C.) | WGPSN |
Sossia | 36°47′S 75°46′E / 36.78°S 75.76°E | 8.11 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Tarpeia | 69°28′S 179°18′E / 69.47°S 179.3°E | 40.29 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Teia | 3°26′S 61°04′E / 3.44°S 61.06°E | 6.69 | 2012 | Teia Euphrosyne Ruffina Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Torquata | 46°27′N 143°47′E / 46.45°N 143.78°E | 34.73 | 2012 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
Tuccia | 39°52′S 13°11′W / 39.86°S 13.19°W | 11.65 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Urbinia | 29°53′S 66°16′E / 29.88°S 66.26°E | 24.25 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin | WGPSN |
Varronilla | 29°37′N 179°35′E / 29.62°N 179.58°E | 158.45 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 10–83) | WGPSN |
Veneneia | 47°56′S 54°19′W / 47.93°S 54.32°W | 400 | 2012 | One of the first Roman vestal virgins | WGPSN |
Vettenia | 4°48′N 130°41′W / 4.8°N 130.69°W | 18.89 | 2014 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 200) | WGPSN |
Vibidia | 26°58′S 10°18′E / 26.96°S 10.3°E | 7.1 | 2011 | Roman vestal virgin (c. 48) | WGPSN |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Nomenclature Search Results: Crater, Craters". usgs.gov. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites". usgs.gov. Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature – International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN). Retrieved 14 August 2017.
External links
[edit]- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)