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Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

Published by National Aeronautics and Space Administration | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Metadata Last Checked: February 07, 2026 | Last Modified: 2025-04-23
Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and discussed. This gazetteer contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that the International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named and approved from its founding in 1919 through the present time.

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