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List of geological features on Saturn's smaller moons
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This is a list of officially named craters in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. As of 2017, there is a total of 5,223 craters on 40 astronomical bodies, which includes minor planets (asteroids and dwarf planets), planets, and natural satellites.[1] All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme.[2] For completeness, the list also refers to the craters on § Earth, which naming process is not overseen by IAU's WGPSN.
- lunar: 1,624 craters (31.2%)
- Martian: 1,092 craters (21.0%)
- Venerian: 900 craters (17.3%)
- Mercurian: 397 craters (7.6%)
- Others: 1,198 craters (23.0%)
Amalthea (2)
| Feature | Diameter | Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaea | 80 km | 1979 | Gaia, Greek mother earth goddess who brought Zeus to Crete | WGPSN |
| Pan | 100 km | 1979 | Pan, Greek goat-god son of Amalthea and Hermes | WGPSN |
Ariel (17)
| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abans | 15°30′S 108°42′W / 15.5°S 108.7°W | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of the iron mines | WGPSN |
| Agape | 46°54′S 23°30′W / 46.9°S 23.5°W | 34 | 1988 | Spirit in Spenser's Fairy Queene | WGPSN |
| Ataksak | 53°06′S 135°42′W / 53.1°S 135.7°W | 22 | 1988 | Eskimo benevolent spirit | WGPSN |
| Befana | 17°00′S 31°54′E / 17°S 31.9°E | 21 | 1988 | Good spirit who fills Italian children's stockings with toys on twelfth night | WGPSN |
| Berylune | 22°30′S 32°06′W / 22.5°S 32.1°W | 29 | 1988 | Good spirit in Maeterlinck's The Bluebird | WGPSN |
| Deive | 22°18′S 23°00′E / 22.3°S 23°E | 20 | 1988 | Spirit of beautiful maiden | WGPSN |
| Djadek | 12°00′S 108°54′W / 12°S 108.9°W | 22 | 1988 | Czech ancestral benevolent spirit and household guardian | WGPSN |
| Domovoy | 71°30′S 20°18′W / 71.5°S 20.3°W | 71 | 1988 | Slavic spirit protector of home | WGPSN |
| Finvara | 15°48′S 19°00′E / 15.8°S 19°E | 31 | 1988 | Irish king of spirits; provided horses and wine to men | WGPSN |
| Gwyn | 77°30′S 22°30′E / 77.5°S 22.5°E | 34 | 1988 | Irish god of battle; leads men's souls to Annwn | WGPSN |
| Huon | 37°48′S 33°42′E / 37.8°S 33.7°E | 40 | 1988 | Replaced Oberon as King of Spirits when Oberon died | WGPSN |
| Laica | 21°18′S 44°24′E / 21.3°S 44.4°E | 30 | 1988 | Inca good spirit | WGPSN |
| Mab | 38°48′S 7°48′W / 38.8°S 7.8°W | 34 | 1988 | Queen of Spirits dethroned Titania | WGPSN |
| Melusine | 52°54′S 8°54′E / 52.9°S 8.9°E | 50 | 1988 | Spirit heroine of medieval French story | WGPSN |
| Oonagh | 21°54′S 115°36′W / 21.9°S 115.6°W | 39 | 1988 | Irish Queen of Fairies | WGPSN |
| Rima | 18°18′S 99°12′W / 18.3°S 99.2°W | 41 | 1988 | Spirit in Hudson's Green Mansions | WGPSN |
| Yangoor | 68°42′S 80°18′W / 68.7°S 80.3°W | 78 | 1988 | Spirit that brings day | WGPSN |
Arrokoth (1)
| Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sky | – | 6.8 | 2021 | The English word "sky" | WGPSN |