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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/480-New-Names-for-Two-Craters-on-Mars.html" rel="alternate" title="New Names for Two Craters on Mars" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-05-06T19:27:05Z</published>
        <updated>2013-05-06T19:30:04Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">New Names for Two Craters on Mars</title>
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                <font size="2">The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for&#160;two craters on Mars: <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15115">Muara</a> and <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15116">Tarrafal</a>.</font><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; display: inline !important; font: 13px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; color: rgb(34,34,34); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"> <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For more information</font>, <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">see the </font></span></font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font></font> 
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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/479-New-Names-for-Five-Valles-on-Mercury.html" rel="alternate" title="New Names for Five Valles on Mercury" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-04-30T19:21:20Z</published>
        <updated>2013-04-30T19:28:16Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">New Names for Five Valles on Mercury</title>
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                <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for&#160;five valles on Mercury: </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15110"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Angkor Vallis</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15111"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Cahokia Vallis</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15112"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Caral Vallis</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15113"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Paestum Vallis</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, and </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15114"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Timgad Vallis</font></a><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; display: inline !important; font: 13px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; color: rgb(34,34,34); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">. For more information, see the </font></span><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/478-New-Name-Approved-for-a-Vallis-on-Mars.html" rel="alternate" title="New Name Approved for a Vallis on Mars" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-04-03T18:56:23Z</published>
        <updated>2013-04-03T19:00:34Z</updated>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15109?__fsk=-618896043">Farah Vallis</a></font><font size="2"> for a&#160;valley on Mars. For more information, see the map of <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/mc23_mola.pdf">MC-23</a></font><font size="2"> in the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/477-Changes-to-Valles-and-Catenae-on-Mercury.html" rel="alternate" title="Changes to Valles and Catenae on Mercury " />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-26T21:19:39Z</published>
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        <title type="html">Changes to Valles and Catenae on Mercury </title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved some changes for Mercury nomenclature. Arecibo Vallis has been changed to Arecibo Catena, Goldstone Vallis has been changed to Goldstone Catena, Haystack Vallis has been changed to Haystack Catena, and Simeiz Vallis has been dropped. The theme for catenae on Mercury is&#160;&quot;Radio telescope facilities,&quot; and the theme for valles is &quot;Abandoned cities (or towns or settlements) of antiquity.&quot;&#160;Fo</font><font size="2">r more information, see the&#160;<a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Categories">feature categories</a> in the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/469-New-Image-Base-for-11-Million-Scale-Lunar-Maps.html" rel="alternate" title="New Image Base for 1:1 Million-Scale Lunar Maps" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-18T19:51:00Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-18T18:22:10Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">New Image Base for 1:1 Million-Scale Lunar Maps</title>
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                <p><font style="background-color: #faffff"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The 1:1 million-scale maps of the Moon in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature now show the <a href="http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/">Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera</a> (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) <a href="http://wms.lroc.asu.edu/lroc/global_product/100_mpp_global_bw">global morphologic map</a>&#160;as the base. Previous versions of the maps used&#160;the USGS shaded relief and color-coded topography and&#160;the USGS Lunar Orbiter mosaics as the base.&#160;The previous versions are no longer supported; URLs that linked to&#160;these versions have been redirected to the current maps with the LROC WAC image base. For more information, see the <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/Moon1to1MAtlas">page</a> that describes these maps in the <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</a>.</font></font></p> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/476-Names-Approved-for-Nine-Craters-on-Mercury.html" rel="alternate" title="Names Approved for Nine Craters on Mercury" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-15T16:24:09Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-15T16:37:47Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Names Approved for Nine Craters on Mercury</title>
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                <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for nine craters on Mercury: </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15097"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Alver</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15098"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Donelaitis</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15099"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Flaiano</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15100"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hurley</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15101"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">L'Engle</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15102"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Lovecraft</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">, </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15103"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Pahinui</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</font> </font></font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15104"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Pet&#337;fi</font></a><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font size="2"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">,</font> <font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">and </font></font></font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15105"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Roerich</font></a><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; display: inline !important; font: 13px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; color: rgb(34,34,34); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font> <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For more information</font>, <font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">see the&#160;</font></span></font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif">.</font> </font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/475-Two-New-Lacus-Names-for-Titan.html" rel="alternate" title="Two New Lacus Names for Titan" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-12T16:48:33Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-12T16:54:04Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Two New Lacus Names for Titan</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15096?__fsk=-1590251409">Urmia Lacus</a> and <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15095?__fsk=1803525740">Sionascaig Lacus</a> for use on Titan</font><font size="2">. For more information, see the IAU </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/474-Candor-Sulci-and-Nia-Tholus-Approved-on-Mars.html" rel="alternate" title="Candor Sulci and Nia Tholus Approved on Mars" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-11T18:03:12Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-11T18:07:23Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Candor Sulci and Nia Tholus Approved on Mars</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for two features on Mars: </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15093?__fsk=-1242953358"><font size="2">Candor Sulci</font></a><font size="2"> and </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15094"><font size="2">Nia&#160;Tholus</font></a><font size="2">. For more information, see the IAU </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/473-Mars-Crater-Named-Farim.html" rel="alternate" title="Mars Crater Named Farim" />
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        <published>2013-03-11T16:07:26Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-11T16:11:38Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Mars Crater Named Farim</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15092?__fsk=457033093">Farim</a></font><font size="2"> for a crater on Mars. For more information, see the </font><font size="2">map of <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/mc29_mola.pdf">MC-29</a></font><font size="2"> in the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/472-New-Name-for-a-Vallis-on-Mars.html" rel="alternate" title="New Name for a Vallis on Mars" />
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        <published>2013-03-05T16:08:28Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-05T16:11:14Z</updated>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15091">Tana Vallis</a></font><font size="2">&#160;for a&#160;valley on Mars. For more information, see the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/mc11_mola.pdf"><font size="2">map of MC-11</font></a><font size="2"> in the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/471-New-Names-for-a-Mons-and-a-Tholus-on-Mars.html" rel="alternate" title="New Names for a Mons and a Tholus on Mars" />
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            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-03-04T17:48:12Z</published>
        <updated>2013-03-04T17:51:54Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">New Names for a Mons and a Tholus on Mars</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved new names for&#160;two features on Mars: <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15090?__fsk=1493828549">Aonia Mons</a> and <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15089?__fsk=491732030">Aonia Tholus</a></font><font size="2">. For more information, see the IAU </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/470-New-Name-for-a-Channel-on-Titan.html" rel="alternate" title="New Name for a Channel on Titan" />
        <author>
            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-02-13T18:47:37Z</published>
        <updated>2013-02-13T18:50:14Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">New Name for a Channel on Titan</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15088">Vid Flumina</a> for a&#160;channel&#160;on Titan.</font><font size="2"> For more information, see the IAU </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/468-Martian-Crater-Named-Lucaya.html" rel="alternate" title="Martian Crater Named Lucaya" />
        <author>
            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2013-01-30T18:19:06Z</published>
        <updated>2013-01-30T18:24:07Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Martian Crater Named Lucaya</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15087">Lucaya</a> </font><font size="2">for a crater on Mars. For more information, see the <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/mc21_mola.pdf">map of MC-21</a> in the&#160;</font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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    <entry>
        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/467-Names-Approved-for-Nine-Craters-on-Mercury.html" rel="alternate" title="Names Approved for Nine Craters on Mercury " />
        <author>
            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2012-12-19T18:47:27Z</published>
        <updated>2012-12-19T18:53:44Z</updated>
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                <font size="2">The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved nine new names for craters on Mercury: <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15078?__fsk=330531683">Catullus</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15079?__fsk=-1888937191">Disney</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15080?__fsk=1488547962">Hopper</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15081?__fsk=-803711380">Joplin</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15082?__fsk=1054435964">Kobro</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15083?__fsk=1706530814">Komeda</a>, <span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; display: inline !important; font: 13px arial, sans-serif; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; float: none; color: rgb(34,34,34); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15084?__fsk=511007581">Ky&#333;sai</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15085?__fsk=-2121015147">Popova</a>, and <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15086?__fsk=-993771335">Waters</a>.&#160;For more information, see</span></font><font size="2">&#160;the </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">. </font> 
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        <link href="http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/466-Names-for-Five-Colles-and-One-Patera-on-Titan.html" rel="alternate" title="Names for Five Colles and One Patera on Titan" />
        <author>
            <name>Jennifer Blue</name>
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        <published>2012-12-19T16:00:11Z</published>
        <updated>2012-12-19T16:10:22Z</updated>
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        <title type="html">Names for Five Colles and One Patera on Titan</title>
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                <font size="2">The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved names for five colles&#160;on Titan (<a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15072?__fsk=1163260577">Arwen Colles</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15073?__fsk=1896799720">Bilbo Colles</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15074?__fsk=1471182007">Faramir Colles</a>, <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15075?__fsk=-421250460">Handir Colles</a>, and <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15076?__fsk=-926648244">Nimloth Colles</a>)</font><font size="2">. The feature formerly called Sotra Facula has been changed to <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/15077">Sotra Patera</a>. For more information, see <a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/Titan_comp_VIMSimage.pdf">this image of Titan</a> in the IAU </font><a href="http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/"><font size="2" style="background-color: #faffff">Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature</font></a><font size="2">.</font> 
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