GAZETTEER
OF
PLANETARY NOMENCLATURE

Last updated : September 15, 1998

• Preface
• Introduction
  • History of planetary nomenclature
  • How names are approved
  • IAU rules and conventions
  • Specifics of the Gazetteer
  • Acknowledgments
  • References cited
• Section 1: Names listed by planetary system, satellite, and feature type.
  • Mercury
  • Venus
  • Moon
  • Mars
  • Asteroids
  • Jovian system
  • Saturnian system
  • Uranian system
  • Neptunian system
• Section 2: Alphabetical list of names
• Appendix 1. Chairmen of IAU Working Group and Task Groups
• Appendix 2. IAU Task Group members
• Appendix 3. Abbreviations for continents and for countries or ethnic groups used in the Gazetteer
• Appendix 4. Sources of planetary names
• Appendix 5. Descriptor terms (feature types)
• Appendix 6. Categories for naming features on the planets and satellites
• Appendix 7. Planet and satellite names and discoverers
• Appendix 8. Ring and ring gap nomenclature

This document is under continuous development, please send comments, suggestions or questions to:

Jennifer Blue
(jblue@flagmail.wr.usgs.gov)