Venus Crater Database
Catagories Included in the Database
Names
Numerous impact craters >15 km in diameter on Venus have
been named for famous women (last names). Some smaller impact
craters <15 km in diameter have been given common female first
names from various ethnic groups. During Summer 1997 the IAU Committee
on Planetary Nomenclature approved the suggestion that first names of
females from various ethnic groups be assigned to impact craters with
diameters down to 5 km. As a result, the IAU Committee during 1997
approved a total of 323 new Venus crater names. These newly approved
names can now be referenced in the literature and have been included
in the revised U.S. Geological Survey/University of Arizona Venus
impact crater data base shown in the tables.
The reader is referred to the Gazetteer of Venusian
Nomenclature (Russell,
1994) and to the
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
for name origins and the use of the proper diacritics (not indicated
in table 1).