Martian Crater Named Saravan

6 February 2009

The name Saravan has been approved for the Martian crater located at 16.96S, 54.0W. For more information, see the list of Martian crater names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Martian Crater Named Leighton

3 November 2009

The name Leighton has been approved for the martian crater located at 3.0N, 302.3W. For more information, see the list of Martian feature names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Martian Crater Named Asimov

4 May 2009

The name Asimov has been approved for the Martian crater located at 47.0S, 355.0W. For more information, see the list of Martian crater names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Name Approved for Martian Crater

11 May 2007

The name Sinton has been approved for the 65 km Martian crater located at 40.7N, 31.6E. To see a map that shows this feature, visit the map of Martian quadrangle MC-5 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Martian Patera Name Dropped

7 December 2007

The name Diacria Patera has been officially dropped. The name was originally approved in 1985 for a circular feature located at 34.9N, 132.6W, but higher resolution imagery later revealed that the feature is not a patera.

New Valles Name on Mars

17 July 2008

The name Morava Valles has been approved for the system of valleys located at 13.4S, 24.4W. For more information, see the list of Martian vallis names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

New Names for Uranus Rings

13 November 2006

The following names have been approved for rings of Uranus:Mu (for R/2003 U 1)Nu (for R/2003 U 2)Lambda (for 1986 U1R)For more information, see the page that describes ring and ring gap nomenclature at the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature web site.

New Chaos Name for Mars

6 December 2007

The name Erythraeum Chaos has been approved for the chaos feature located at 21.8S, 12.4W on Mars. See the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature for more information.

Martian Crater Named Kibuye

12 January 2010

The name Kibuye has been approved for the Martian crater located at 29.13S, 178.29W. For more information, see the list of Martian crater names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

New Name for a Vallis on Mars

11 February 2009

The name Sungari Vallis has been approved for the Martian vallis located at 40.35S, 271.16W. For more information, see the list of Martian vallis names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.