LIST OF GEOLOGICAL FEATURES ON 243 IDA AND DACTYL

This is a list of named geological features on asteroid 243 Ida and its moon, Dactyl.

Contents

Ida

Regiones

Dorsa

Craters

Dactyl

External links

Ida

Regiones

Idaean regiones (geologically distinct areas) are named after the discoverer of the asteroid, and the places where he worked.

Regio	Named after
Palisa Regio	Johann Palisa
Pola Regio	Pola, Croatia
Vienna Regio	Vienna

Dorsa

The only named dorsum on Ida is Townsend Dorsum, named after Tim E. Townsend, a member of the Galileo probe imaging team.

Craters

Idaean craters are named after famous caves.

Crater	Named after
Afon	Novy Afon Cave, Abkhazia
Atea	Atea Cave, Papua New Guinea
Azzurra	Azzurra Grotto, Italy
Bilemot	Bilemot Cave, Korea
Castellana	Castellana Cave, Italy
Choukoutien	Choukoutien, China
Fingal	Fingal's Cave, UK
Kartchner	Kartchner Caverns, AZ, USA
Kazumura	Kazumura Cave, HI, USA
Lascau	Lascaux Cave, France
Lechuguilla	Lechuguilla Cave, NM, USA
Mammoth	Mammoth Cave, KY, USA
Manjang	Manjang Cave, Korea
Orgnac	Orgnac Cave, France
Padirac	Padirac Cave, France
Peacock	Peacock Cave, FL, USA
Postojna]	Postojna Cave, Slovenia
Sterkfontein]	Sterkfontein, South Africa
Stiffe	Stiffe Cave, Italy
Undara	Undara Cave, Australia
Viento	Viento Cave, Spain

Dactyl

Dactylian craters are named after the mythological Dactyls.

Crater	Named after
Acmon	Acmon
Celmis	Celmis

External links

★ USGS: Ida nomenclature

★ USGS: Dactyl nomenclature