This is a list of all named craters on minor planets in the Solar System as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. In addition tentatively named craters—such as those of Pluto—may also be referred to. The number of craters is given in parentheses. For a full list of all craters, see list of craters in the Solar System.
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Arrokoth (1) Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Sky – 6.8 2021 The English word "sky"
Ceres (90)
Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Abellio 32 2015 Gaul god of the apple tree Achita 40 2015 Nigerian god of agriculture Annona 60 2015 Roman goddess of crops and of the harvest Anura 37 2015 Arawakan (Guyana) spirit of the tobacco seeds Aristaeus 35.8 2016 Greek god of agriculture Asari 56 2015 Syrian god of agriculture Attis 22 2015 Greek/Phrygian god of vegetation and of fertility Azacca 49.91 2015 Haitian god of agriculture Begbalel 102 2016 Yap Islands (Caroline Islands Micronesia) guardian of the taro fields who controls the yield of the crops Belun 36.04 2015 Belarus god of the fields Besua 17 2015 Egyptian grain god Bilwis 7 2017 German corn spirit Binayo 16 2017 Philippine (Hanunoo/Mangyan Mindoro Island) female spirit caretaker of the rice spirits Bonsu 31 2015 Bateg/Batek (Malaysia) god who watches over the fruits and flowers Braciaca 8 2016 Celtic god of malt Cacaguat 13.6 2016 Nicaraguan god of cacao Cachimana 18 2017 Atabapo and Inirida tribes’ (Upper Orinoco River region Venezuela) vegetation god who ripens the crops and controls the seasons Centeotl 6 2016 Mexican god/goddess of maize and agriculture Chaminuka 122 2015 Shona (Zimbabwe) spirit who provides rains in times of droughts Coniraya 135 2015 Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation Consus 64 2016 Italian agricultural god who watched over the harvested and stored crop Cozobi 24 2015 Zapotec (S. Mexico) god of maize and of abundant food Dada 12 2015 Nigerian god of vegetables Dantu 126 2015 Ghanaian god associated with the planting of the corn Darzamat 92 2015 Darzamate Dārza-māte; Latvian spirit “Mother of the garden.” Datan 60 2015 Polish god of the tilling of the soil Dikhan 21 2017 Dikhan baba; Kazakh preislamic deity of farming Doliku 15 2015 Dahomey (Benin) god of the fields Duginavi 155 2016 Kogi (N. Colombia) god who taught people agriculture Ernutet 53.4 2015 Egyptian cobra-headed goddess of the harvest Enzinu 116 2015 Sumerian goddess of the grain Fejokoo 68 2015 Nigerian god who supplied the yams Fluusa 60 2015 Oscan (ancient S. Italy) goddess of flowers counterpart of Roman goddess Flora Gaue 80 2015 Germanic goddess to whom offerings are made in harvesting the rye Geshtin 80 2015 Sumerian/Babylonian goddess of the vine Ghanan 68 2015 Mayan god of maize Hakumyi 29.2 2016 Paraguay Brazil and Bolivia spirit helpful in gardening Hamori 60 2015 Japanese god protector of tree leaves Hatipowa 40 2016 Indian god of agriculture Haulani 34 2015 Hau-lani; Hawaiian plant goddess Heneb 39 2015 Egyptian god of grain produce and vineyards Homshuk 70 2015 Popoluca (S. Mexico) spirit of corn (maize) Ialonus 16.5 2016 British god of the cultivated field and of the meadows Ikapati 50 2015 Philippine goddess of the cultivated lands Inamahari 68 2015 Catawba (S. Carolina USA) pair of male and female deities invoked for success at the sowing season Insitor 26 2015 Roman agricultural deity in charge of the sowing Jaja 22 2015 Abkhazian (Transcaucasia) harvest goddess Jarimba 69 2015 Arunta/Aranda (Australia) god of flowers and fruit Jarovit 66 2015 Slavic god of fertility and harvest who comes down to the Underworld after every harvest and returns to a usual world every spring Juling 20 2015 Sakai/Orang Asli (Malaysia) spirit of the crops Kaikara 72 2015 Konjo and Banyoro/Nyoro (Uganda) goddess of harvest Kait 0.4 2015 Hattic goddess of grain (Asia Minor) Kerwan 280 2015 Hopi spirit of the sprouting maize (Arizona SW USA) Kiriamma 18.7 2016 Veddan (Sri Lanka) goddess provider of food (“Milk mother”) Kirnis 115 2015 Lithuanian spirit guardian of cherry trees Kondos 44 2015 Finnish agricultural deity Kumitoga 96 2015 Polynesian goddess of plant life Kupalo 26 2015 Russian god of vegetation and of the harvest Laukumate 29.7 2016 Latvian spirit “Mother of the fields.” Liber 23 2015 Roman god of agriculture Lociyo 37.8 2016 Zapotec (Mexico) deity to whom a ceremony is performed when the first chili plant is cut Lono 20 2015 Hawaiian god of agriculture Meanderi 103 2015 Ngaing (New Guinea) goddess of taro sugar cane and other foods Megwomets 78.7 2016 Yurok (California USA) dwarf god of acorns and the distributor of vegetal abundance Messor 40 2015 Roman god of harvesting of cutting of the grain Mlezi 41.5 2017 Name of god Tilo as “Food-Giver” (Tonga tribes of Malawi and Zambia) Mondamin 126 2015 Ojibwe /Chippewa corn (maize) god (Lake Superior area Canada and USA) Nawish 77 2015 Acoma (New Mexico SW USA) guardian of the field Nepen 26.4 2016 Egyptian god of rain Ninsar 40 2015 Sumerian goddess of plants and vegetation Occator 92 2015 Roman agricultural deity of the harrowing Oltagon 28 2015 Philippine agricultural goddess Omonga 77 2015 Tomori/Mori (Celebes/Sulawesi Indonesia) rice spirit who dwells in the Moon Oxo 10 2015 God of agriculture in Afro-Brazilian beliefs of Yoruba derivation Piuku 31 2015 Barama River Caribs (Guyana) god of the manioc Rao 12 2015 Polynesian god of turmeric Razeka 38.38 2016 Arabian tribal god worshipped as the provider of food Rongo 68 2015 Maori (New Zealand) god of agriculture of cultivated foods Roskva 22 2015 Teutonic goddess who symbolizes the ripe fields of harvest Sekhet 40 2015 Egyptian name of Isis as goddess of cultivated lands and fields Shakaema 47 2015 Jivaro (Ecuador and Peru) god of vegetation invoked in the planting and cultivation of bananas Sintana 58 2015 Columbian deity who produced the fertile black earth for sowing Tafakula 34 2015 Tongan (Polynesia) goddess invoked for favorable seasons for the crops Tahu 25 2015 Maori (New Zealand) personification of all food Takel 22 2015 Malaysian goddess in charge of the tuber harvest Tawals 8.8 2016 Polish god of the fields of the tilling Tibong 36 2015 Land Dayaks (Borneo/Kalimantan Indonesia) malevolent spirit who devours and depletes the rice Toharu 86 2015 Pawnee (Nebraska Central USA) god of food and vegetation Tupo 36 2015 Polynesian god of turmeric Uvara 170 2015 Indian and Iranian deity of plants and fields Victa 32 2015 Roman goddess of food and nourishment Vinotonus 140 2015 Celtic Briton god of vines Xochipilli 22.7 2016 Aztec fertility god associated with maize and flowers; patron of music and dance Yalode 260 2015 Dahomey goddess worshipped by women at the harvest rites Zadeni 129.28 2015 Ancient Georgian god of bountiful harvest
Eros (37) Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Abelard 1.1 2003 Peter; French philosopher lover of Heloise (1079–1142) Aida 1.6 2003 Ethiopian slave beloved of Egyptian officer Radames in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) Avtandil 1.2 2003 Lover of Tinatin in Shota Rustavely's novel Knight in tiger-skin (Georgia 12th century) Bovary 0.8 2003 Romantic heroine of Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary (France 19th century) Casanova 0.9 2003 Giovanni; Italian adventurer lover and author (1725–1798) Catherine 1.1 2003 Tragic lover of Heathcliff in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) Cupid 1.8 2003 Roman god of love equivalent of Eros Don Juan 1.1 2003 Lover character of medieval European legend retold in Molière's Don Juan (France 1665) Don Quixote 0.9 2003 Knight-errant imagined Dulcinea as his lady-love in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) Dulcinea 1.4 2003 Imaginary lady-love of the knight Don Quixote in Cervantes' Don Quixote (Spain 1605) Eurydice 2.2 2003 In Greek mythology wife of singer Orpheus who fails to bring her from Hades Fujitsubo 1.7 2003 Lover of Genji in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu first modern novel (Japan c.1000) Galatea 1.4 2003 Woman in Greek mythology brought to life from statue by Pygmalion legendary king of Cyprus Gamba 1.3 2003 Marina; companion of astronomer Galileo Galilei (Italy 17th century) Genji 1.5 2003 Prince lover of Fujitsubo in The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Sikibu (Japan c.1000) Heathcliff 1.1 2003 Tragic lover of Catherine in Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights (England 1847) Himeros 10 2003 Attendant of Eros; personification of the longing of love in Greek mythology Hios 1.3 2003 Love child of Poseidon and Hiona in Greek mythology; also island (Chios) in the Aegean Sea Jahan 2.1 2003 Shah; Mogul emperor built Taj Mahal in Agra India for wife Mumtaz Mahal (1592–1666) Kastytis 1.7 2003 Lithuanian blacksmith lover of sea goddess Jurate; taken by her to the sea floor Leander 1.4 2003 Lover of Hero swam to her across Hellespont every night and drowned; in despair Hero drowned herself Leylie 1.9 2003 Majnoon's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) Lolita 1.8 2003 Young girl from V. Nabokov's novel Lolita (USA 1955) Mahal 1.2 2003 Mumtaz; Mogul empress; favorite wife of Shah Jahan who built Taj Mahal (1592–1631) Majnoon 2.1 2003 Leylie's lover in Leylie and Majnoon poems by Jami and Navoi (Khorasan 1480s) Mélisande 1 2003 Wife of Prince Golaud and lover of his half-brother Pelléas in Maeterlinck drama (Belgium 1892) Narcissus 2.9 2003 Young man from Greek mythology who fell in love with his own reflection in water Orpheus 1.1 2003 Singer and musician in Greek mythology; fails to bring his love Eurydice from Hades Pao-yü 0.8 2003 Lover of Tai-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) Pelléas 1.2 2003 Beloved of Mélisande in Maeterlinck drama and later musical works by Faure Debussy and Schoenberg Psyche 4.8 2003 Beloved of Eros; personification of human soul in Greek mythology Pygmalion 1.7 2003 King of Cyprus; carved statue of woman brought to life as Galatea whom he married Radames 1.6 2003 Egyptian officer beloved of Ethiopian slave Aida in Verdi's opera Aida (Italy 1870) Selene 3.6 2003 Moon goddess in Greek mythology lover of Endymion Tai-yü 1.4 2003 Beloved by Pao-yü in novel by Ts'ao Chan (China 18th century; also Dream of the Red Chamber 1929) Tutanekai 2.1 2003 Māori hero beloved of young maiden Hinemoa who swam across Lake Rotorua to marry him Valentine 2.2 2003 St. Valentine's Day (principally Roman) for all lovers
Gaspra (31) Crater Coordinates Diameter(km) ApprovalYear Eponym Ref Aix 0.6 1994 Spa in France Alupka 0.3 1994 Spa in Crimea Ukraine Baden-Baden 0.3 1994 Spa in Germany Badgastein 0.4 1994 Spa in Austria Bagnoles 0.4 1994 Spa in France Bath 0.9 1994 Spa in England Beppu 0.6 1994 Spa on Kyushu Japan Brookton 0.3 1994 Spa in New York USA Calistoga 1.2 1994 Resort in California USA Carlsbad 0.5 1994 Spa in Czech Republic Charax 0.9 1994 Roman fortress in Gaspra Crimea Ukraine Helwan 0.4 1994 Spa in Egypt Ixtapan 0.7 1994 Spa in Mexico Katsiveli 0.3 1994 Spa in Crimea Ukraine Krynica 0.4 1994 Health resort in Poland Lisdoonvarna 0.4 1994 Spa in Ireland Loutraki 0.4 1994 Spa in Greece Mandal 0.1 1994 Spa in Norway Manikaran 0.5 1994 Spa in India Marienbad 0.6 1994 Spa in Czech Republic Miskhor 0.5 1994 Spa in Crimea Ukraine Moree 0.7 1994 Spa in Australia Ramlösa 0.7 1994 Spa in Sweden Rio Hondo 0.6 1994 Spa in Argentina Rotorua 0.5 1994 Spa in New Zealand Saratoga 2.8 1994 Spa in New York USA Spa 1.6 1994 Health resort in Belgium Tang-Shan 2.1 1994 Spa in China Yalova 0.4 1994 Health resort in Turkey Yalta 1.4 1994 Spa in Crimea Ukraine Zohar 0.4 1994 Spa in Israel
Ida (21)