List of surface formations on (243) Ida

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Asteroid (243) Ida, recorded during the flyby of the Galileo probe , February 1, 1996

The list of geological formations on (243) Ida contains all surface formations on the asteroid (243) Ida , which have been given a proper name by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The Afon crater was named in 1994, the rest of the names in 1997 after the Galileo space probe , which was on its way to the planet Jupiter , passed by.

crater

Craters on (243) Ida are named after caves .

Surname Mean diameter (km) Coordinates + W (0-360) of the crater center Named after
Afon 0.8 −6.5; 0 Achali Atoni Grotto , Abkhazia , Georgia
Atea 2 −5.7; 18.9 Atea Kananda , Southern Highlands Province , Papua New Guinea
Azure 9.6 30.5; 217.2 Blue Grotto , Capri , Italy
Bilemot 1.8 −27.8; 29.2 Billemot Cave , Jeju-do , South Korea
Castellana 5.2 −13.4; 335.2 Grotte di Castellana , Puglia , Italy
Choukoutien 1.1 12.8; 23.6 Zhoukoudian , Beijing , People's Republic of China
Fingal 1.5 −13.2; 39.9 Fingal's Cave , Staffa , Inner Hebrides
Kartchner 0.9 −7; 179 Kartchner , Benson , Arizona
Kazumura 2.1 −32; 41.1 Kazumura Cave , Kīlauea , Hawaii
Lascaux 11.8 0.8; 161.2 Lascaux cave , Dordogne department , France
Lechuguilla 1.5 7.9; 357.1 Lechuguilla Cave , Carlsbad , New Mexico
Mammoth 10.2 −18.3; 180.3 Mammoth Cave , Kentucky
Manjang 1 −28.3; 90.5 Mangjang-gul , Jeju-si , Jeju-do , South Korea
Orgnac 10.6 −6.3; 202.7 Aven d'Orgnac , Ardeche department , France
Padirac 1.9 −4.3; 5.2 Gouffre de Padirac , Lot department , France
Peacock 0.2 −2; 52 Peacock Cave System, Peacock Springs State Park , Live Oak , Florida
Postojna 6th −42.9; 359.9 Postojna Caves , Primorsko-Notranjska , Slovenia
Sterkfontein 4.7 −4.1; 54.1 Sterkfontein , Gauteng , South Africa
Stiffe 1.5 −27.9; 126.5 Grotto the Stiffe , Sulmona , Abruzzo , Italy
Undara 8.5 2; 113.8 Lava tube in Undara Volcanic National Park , Queensland , Australia
Viento 1.6 12.2; 343.9 Cueva del Viento , Tenerife , Spain

Dorsa

Dorsa are ridge-like surface structures. Dorsa on (243) Ida are named after scientists who contributed to the study of Ida. So far only one dorsum on Ida has received a proper name:

Surname Mean diameter (km) Coordinates + W (0-360) of the center of the dorsum Named after
Townsend Dorsum 40 25; 30th Timothy Townsend, a member of the Galileo team at Arizona State University

Regiones

Regiones are vast areas on a celestial body. Regiones on (243) Ida are named after the discoverer of the asteroid Johann Palisa and the places of his activity.

Surname Mean diameter (km) Coordinates + W (0-360) of the center of the region Named after
Palisa Regio 23 −23; 34 Johann Palisa
Pola Regio 8th −11; 184 Naval Observatory Pola
Vienna Regio 13 8th; 2 University observatory Vienna , where Ida was discovered

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