The Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature provides detailed information about planetary names approved by the International Astronomical Union. Find out more about the history of planetary …

Names adopted by the IAU must follow various rules and conventions established and amended through the years by the Union. These include: Nomenclature is a tool and the first …

The Advanced Search allows users to find nomenclature across multiple planetary bodies based on a variety of search terms (descriptor terms, specific names, diameter, approval date, and …

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is used to uniquely identify a feature on the surface of a planet or satellite so that the feature can be easily located, described, and discussed.

Collis / ˈkɒlɪs / (plural: colles / ˈkɒliːz /, from the Latin word for "hill") is a small hill or knob on a celestial body. The term is used in planetary nomenclature: it is a part of international proper …

Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, …

Introduction: Planetary nomenclature provides unique identifiers to topographical, morphological, or albedo features on the surfaces of planets and satellites.

This gazetteer contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that the International …

The naming of moons has been the responsibility of the International Astronomical Union's committee for Planetary System Nomenclature since 1973. That committee is known today as …

One of the problems we run into is comet nomenclature as well as minor-planet-naming nomenclature got revised. And so, if you’re looking at something from like the 1980s or if …

Oct 1, 1995 · This volume contains detailed information about all names of topographic and albedo features on planets and satellites (and some planetary ring and ring-gap systems) that …

Planetary nomenclature is a tool that helps to uniquely identify features on the surfaces of planets and satellites, so that they can be reliably located, described, and accurately discussed and …

These catalogues listed the names (or other designations) and coordinates of features in the current, greatly expanded lunar nomenclature; the accompanying map (also in four parts) …

Mercury is the first planet from the Sun and the smallest in the Solar System.In English, it is named after the ancient Roman god Mercurius (), god of commerce and communication, and …

This search engine searches the database of planetary surface feature names. Here are links with more information about the names of planets and their moons and information about the …

The origins of the planetary symbols can be found in the attributes given to classical deities. The Roman planisphere of Bianchini (2nd century, currently in the Louvre, inv. Ma 540) [2] shows …

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature provides a unique system of official names for planetary surface features, natural satellites, …

Astronomical symbols are abstract pictorial symbols used to represent astronomical objects, theoretical constructs and observational events in European astronomy.The earliest forms of …