Two Crater Names Approved for Mars: Malino and Zaim
10 February 2020The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Malino and Zaim for two craters on Mars. For more information, see the Mars map MC-11 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Ten Names Approved for Mars
22 January 2020The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Angelica, Belva, Dacono, Hartwell, Marysville, Sedona, Ulricehamn, Nili Planum, Neretva Vallis, and Una Vallis. These names are near the proposed landing site for… Read More
Four Names Approved for Pluto
15 January 2020The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Hardie, Coughlin, Hyecho Palus, and Uncama Fossa for features on Pluto. For more information, please see the Pluto map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Name Approved for Crater on Mercury: Gordimer
19 November 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Gordimer for a crater on Mercury. For more information, please see the H-1 map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Name Approved for Pluto Feature: Tabei Montes
19 November 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Tabei Montes for a feature on Pluto. For more information, please see the Pluto map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Names Approved for Venus: Jyestha Tesserae and Istustaya Tesserae
7 November 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved two names for Venus: Jyestha Tesserae and Istustaya Tesserae. For more information, see the Venus maps V-7 and V-33 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Name Approved for Lunar Crater: Vaughan
16 October 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Vaughan for a crater on the Moon. For more information, see the Moon map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
First release for QGIS featuring full FGDC symbol-set for planetary geology
16 October 2019Dr. Alessandro Frigeri has pushed the first release (targeting QGIS 3.x), which includes all the FGDC symbols needed for creating planetary geologic maps. The gsymblib is a library and development environment for producing geologic symbols to be used in the QGIS desktop GIS. For more information… Read More
Name Approved for Pluto Feature: Hermod Fossae
25 September 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Hermod Fossae for a feature on Pluto. For more information, see the Pluto map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Names Approved for Seven Craters on Mercury
19 September 2019The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved names for seven craters on Mercury: Angelou, Bunin, Josetsu, Jiménez, Kirby, Rizal, and Strauss. For more information, see the Mercury map H-1 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
