IAU Transactions XIXB
(the following is excerpted from the book published by D. Reidel in 1986)
Contents
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NINETEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (DELHI 1985)
Table of Contents
Edited by
JEAN-PIERRE SWINGS
General Secretary of the Union
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WORKING GROUP FOR PLANETARY SYSTEM NOMENCLATURE
(NOMENCLATURE DU SYSTEM PLANETAIRE)
(Committee of the Executive Committee)
Report of meetings on 6 April, 1984, 6 August, 1984, 8 October, 1984, and 24 August, 1985
President, Harold Masursky
A brief report of meetings held in 1983-84, including current membership lists of the Working and Task Groups, is contained in Trans. IAU vol. XIXA, page 725-726, 1985.
Five new Latin terms were adopted for use on any planet or satellite:
- Corona (Coronae) Ovid-shaped feature
- Facula (Faculae) Bright spot
- Fluctus (Fluctus) Flow terrain
- Labes (Labes) Landslide terrain
- Tessera (Tesserae) Tile-like, polygonal terrain
In specific cases, three additional terms are used:
- Landing site name Lunar features at or near Apollo landing sites
- Eruptive center Active volcanic centers on Io
- Large ringed feature Cryptic ringed features on Callisto
A method of communication faster than standard airmail will be sought so that proposed names and other questions can he considered more promptly.
Working Croup Meetings will he held at least once a year in the Soviet Union and in USA or Europe, when a representative group of Working Group members cannot he convened in either location.
A new Task Croup for naming surface features on asteroids and comets has been formed. Dr. David Morrison, chairman of the Mercury Task Croup, is chairman, pro tempore; a permanent chairman from Europe will he chosen at the first meeting, to be held in Toulouse, Prance in June, 1986, in connection with the COSPAR meeting. Other members of the new committee are:
Dr. Joseph Veverka, USA Tlr. Leonid Ksanfomaliti, USSR
Dr. Andre Brahic, France Dr. Yaroslav Yatskiv, USSR
Dr. Marcello Fulchignoni, Italy Dr. Syuzo Isobe, Japan
Dr. Tomas Gombosi, Hungary Dr. Y.C. Chang, China
The following 593 names were adopted for features on the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, three satellites of Jupiter, and newly discovered satellites of Saturn and Pluto.
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LUNAR NOMENCLATURE
Table 1. 56 names approved as assigned to features on the lunar surface. Positions are given in degrees of latitude and longitude.
CRATER
[/ABETTI ABETTI], Georgio 19.9N 27.7E (1882-1982) Italian astronomer
[/ANDERSSON ANDERSSON], Leif E. 49.7S 95.3W (1943-1979) American astronomer
[/Bernoulli BOURNOUILLI], Jean 35.ON 60.7E (1667-1748) Swiss mathematician
[/CARPENTER CARPENTER], Edwin F. 69.4N 50.9W (1898-1963) American astronomer
[/CHADWICK CHADWICK], James 52.7S 101.3W (1891-1974) British physicist
[/CHALONGE CHALONGE], Daniel 21.2S 117.3W (1895-1977) French astronomer
[/COUDER COUDER], Andre 4.85 92.4w (1897-1978) French astronomer
[/DOERFEL DOERFEL], Georg Samuel 69.15 107.9W (1643-1688) German astronomer
[/FLORENSKY FLORENSKY], Cyril P. 25.3N 131.5E (1915-1982) Soviet geochemist
[/FRYXELL FRYXELL], R.H. 21.35 101.4W (1934-L974) American Geologist
[/GAVRILOV GAVRILOV], Igor 3. 17.4N 130.9E (1928-1982) Soviet astronomer
[/Mons%20Hadley HADLEY], John 25.4N 2.7E (1682-1793) British instrument maker
[/HEYROVSKY HEYROVSKY], Jaroslav 39.6S 95.3W (1890-1967) Czech chemist
[/IL%27IN IL'IN], N. Ja. 17.85 97.5W (1901-1937) Soviet rocket scientist
[/LALLEMAND LALLEMAND], Andre 14.35 84.1W (1904-1978) French astronomer
[/MCDONALD MCDONALD], Thomas L. 30.4N 20.9W (unk.-1973) Scottish selenographer
[/POPOV POPOV], C. 17.2N 99.7E (1880-1966) Bulgarian astronomer
[/Shuleykin SHULEJKIN], M. V. 27.IS 92.5W (1884-1939) Soviet radio engineer
[/UREY UREY], Harold 27.9N 87.4E (1893-1981) American chemist
[/YAKOVKIN YAKOVKIN], A.A. 54.55 78.8W (1887-1974) Soviet astronomer
CATENA
[/CATENA%20LITTROW LITTROW], CATENA 22.2N 29.5E Named from nearby crater
[/CATENA%20TARUNTIUS TARUNTIUS], CATENA 3N 48E Named From nearby crater
[/CATENA%20TIMOCHARIS TIMOCHARIS], CATENA 29N 13W Named from nearby crater
MONS
[/MONS%20DELISLE DELISLE, MONS] 29.5N 35.8W Named from nearby crater
RIMA
[/RIMA%20AGRICOLA AGRICOLA], RIMA 29N 53W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20ARTSIMOVICH ARTSIMOVICH], RIMA 27N 39W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20BRAYLEY BRAYLEY], RIMA 23N 301 Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20DAWES DAWES], RIMA 17.5N 26.6E Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20DELISLE DELISLE], RIMA 31N 32W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20DIOPHANTUS DIOPHANTUS], RIMA 29N 33W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20DRAPER DRAPER], RIMA 18N 25W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20EULER EULER], RIMA 21N 31W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20FOCAS FOCAS], RIMAE 28S 98W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20GALILAEI GALILAEI], RIMA 13N 59W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20GERARD GERARD], RIMAE 46N 84W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20HASE HASE], RIMA 29.4S 62.5E Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20KOPFF KOPFF], RIMAE 17.4S 89.6W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20KRIEGER KRIEGER], RIMA 29.0N 45.6W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20MAESTLIN MAESTLIN], RIMAE 2N 40W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20MAIRAN MAIRAN], RIMA 38N 47W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20MAUPERTUIS MAUPERTUIS], RIMAE 52N 23W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20T.%20MAYER MAYER, T.], RIMA 13N 31W Named from nearby crater
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[/RIMAE%20MERSENIUS MERSENIUS], RIMAE 20.0S 45W Within crater
[/RIMA%20MILICHIUS MILICHIUS], RIMA 8N 33W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20PETTIT PETTIT], RIMAE 23S 9211 Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20REPSOLD REPSOLD], RIMAE 51N 80W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20RICCIOLI RICCIOLI], RIMAE. 02N 74W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMAE%20SECCHI SECCHI], RIMAE 1N 44E Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20SHEEPSHANKS SHEEPSHANKS], RIMA 58N 24E Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20SUESS SUESS], RIMA 6N 47W Named from nearby crater
[/RIMA%20SUNG-MEI SUNG-MEI], 24.6N 11.3E Chinese female name
[/RIMAE%20TARUNTIUS TARUNTIUS], RIMAE 5.5N 46.5E Within crater
[/RIMAE%20VASCO%20DA%20GAMA VASCO DA GAMA], RIMAE 10N 82W Named from nearby crater
RUPES
[/RUPES%20BORIS BORIS] 30.6N 33.5W Named from nearby crater[/RUPES%20MERCATOR MERCATOR] 30S 23W Named from nearby crater
[/RUPES%20TOSCANELLI TOSCANELLI] 27.4N 47.5W Named from nearby crater
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