List of surface formations on (951) Gaspra

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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

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