SBN NEAR Data Archive

Surface Features on Eros: Craters, Dorsa, and Regiones
 

The following nomenclature for the features on the surface of Eros is courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program, sponsored by the International Astronomical Union. For information about the origin of the nomenclature for a surface feature, visit the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.

Eros Craters


NAME           LATITIDE  LONGITUDE  DIAMETER (km)

Abelard          -3.5      347.8       1.1  
Aida              7.9      229.5       1.6  
Avtandil        -22.5      126.9       1.2  
Bovary          -61.0      332.7       0.8  
Casanova         46.6      124.0       0.9  
Catherine         9.1      188.9       1.1  
Cupid             8.1      129.8       1.8  
Don Juan         29.5        3.3       1.1  
Don Quixote     -57.7      109.2       0.9  
Dulcinea        -76.1       87.1       1.4  
Eurydice         13.5      190.0       2.2  
Fujitsubo        -3.7      297.3       1.7  
Galatea         -10.2      176.9       1.4  
Gamba           -20.6      305.9       1.3  
Genji           -19.5      271.4       1.5  
Heathcliff        7.4      192.1       1.1  
Himeros          21.2       77.7      10.0  
Hios             -9.4      229.1       1.3  
Jahan            74.2       66.5       2.1  
Kastytis          6.8      198.7       1.7  
Leander          25.6      149.7       1.4  
Leylie           -3.0      336.5       1.9  
Lolita          -35.2      162.3       1.8  
Mahal            79.4      190.0       1.2  
Majnoon           3.8      331.2       2.1    
M\'elisande      67.1      174.4       1.0 
Narcissus        18.2      352.9       2.9  
Orpheus          25.6      183.3       1.1  
Pao-y\:u        -73.2      254.4       0.8           
Pell\'eas        63.1      138.7       1.2        
Psyche           31.6      265.4       4.8  
Pygmalion        -1.8      168.9       1.7  
Radames          -5.2      244.9       1.6  
Selene          -14.2      347.5       3.6
Tai-y\:u        -47.0      233.9       1.4    
Tutanekai        56.4      356.7       2.1  
Valentine        14.6      151.6       2.2  

Eros Dorsa (Ridges)


NAME           LATITIDE  LONGITUDE  DIAMETER (km)
  
Finsen Dorsum   -48.0       10.0       0.0
Hinks Dorsum     42.0       42.0       0.0

Eros Regiones (Areas of distinct color or reflectivity, or broad geographic regions)


NAME           LATITIDE  LONGITUDE  DIAMETER (km)
  
Charlois Regio  -16.0       30.0       0.0
Witt Regio       18.0       12.0       0.0

Courtesy of the USGS Astrogeology Research Program.

Last updated: 11 April 2007 by SBN