Asteroid (951) Gaspra, recorded during the flyby of the
Galileo probe on October 29, 1991
The list of geological formations on (951) Gaspra contains all surface formations on the asteroid (951) Gaspra which have been given a proper name by the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) of the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The surface formations were named in 1994.
crater
Since the asteroid was named after a health resort , the Haspra resort on the Crimean peninsula , the craters on its surface are named after well-known health resorts.
Surname
Mean diameter (km)
Coordinates + W (0-360) of the crater center
Named after
Aix
0.6
47.9; 160.3
Aix-les-Bains , Savoie department , France
Alupka
0.3
65; 65
Alupka , Crimea , Ukraine
Baden-Baden
0.3
46; 55
Baden-Baden , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany
Badgastein
0.4
25; 3
Bad Gastein , State of Salzburg , Austria
Bagnoles
0.4
55; 122
Bagnoles-de-l'Orne , Orne department , France
Bath
0.9
13.4; 9.7
Bath , Somerset , England
Beppu
0.6
3.9; 58.4
Beppu , Kyushu , Japan
Brookton
0.3
27.7; 103.3
Brookton, New York
Calistoga
1.2
30; 2
Calistoga , Napa County , California
Carlsbad
0.5
29.7; 88.8
Karlsbad , Karlovarský kraj , Czech Republic
Charax
0.9
8.6; 0
Charax , Roman military camp near the swallow's nest
Helwan
0.4
22.4; 118.9
Helwan , Egypt
Ixtapan
0.7
11.9; 86.9
Municipio Ixtapan de la Sal , State of Mexico , Mexico
Katsiveli
0.3
55; 65
Kaziweli , Crimea , Ukraine
Krynica
0.4
49; 35
Krynica-Zdrój , Lesser Poland Voivodeship , Poland
Lisdoonvarna
0.4
16.5; 358.1
Lisdoonvarna , County Clare , Ireland
Loutraki
0.4
42; 140
Loutraki , Korinthia , Greece
Mandal
0.1
23.5; 46.5
Mandal , Vest-Agder , Norway
Manicaran
0.5
62; 155
Manikaran , Himachal Pradesh , India
Marienbad
0.6
35.4; 81.8
Marienbad , Karlovarský kraj , Czech Republic
Mishkor
0.5
15; 65.9
Mishkor near Alupka , Crimea , Ukraine
Moree
0.7
15.1; 164.4
Moree , New South Wales , Australia
Ramlösa
0.7
15; 4.9
Ramlösa , Skåne County , Sweden
Rio Hondo
0.6
31.7; 20.7
Termas de Río Hondo , Santiago del Estero Province , Argentina
Rotorua
0.5
18.8; 30.7
Rotorua , Bay of Plenty region , New Zealand
Saratoga
2.8
50; 270
Saratoga Springs , Saratoga County , New York
spa
1.6
51.5; 152
Spa , Liege Province , Belgium
Tang Shan
2.1
59; 256
Tang Shan, Jiangning , Jiangsu , People's Republic of China
Yalova
0.4
29; 10
Yalova , Marmara Region , Turkey
Yalta
1.4
57.6; 261.3
Yalta , Crimea , Ukraine
Zohar
0.4
23; 118
Neve Zohar , South District , Israel
Regiones
Regiones are vast areas on a celestial body. Regiones on (951) Gaspra are named after astronomers and other scientists who are associated with the discovery of the asteroid.
Surname
Coordinates + W (0-360) of the center of the region
Named after
Dunne Regio
15; 15th
James Dunne, planner of the Galileo project until 1992
Neujmin Regio
2; 80
GN Neuimin , discoverer of the asteroid in 1916
Yeates Regio
65; 75
Clayne Yeats, planner of the Galileo project until 1991
Web links
Lists of surface formations on
asteroids and their moons named by the IAU
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