Name Request Form

This form is intended for use by members of the professional science community who have a specific scientific need to name a planetary surface feature. The form covers the parameters needed for single and multiple name requests, and should be sufficient for routine requests. Unusual requests (those that involve new feature types, features on bodies that have no current nomenclature, etc.) should be directed to Jenny Blue via email rather than through this form.

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Information About You:
Your Name:*
Your Email:*
Professional Affiliation:*
If you are a student, this proposal must be accompanied by a supporting statement from your advisor, verifying the need for the name and the usefulness of the name to the scientific and/or cartographic communities (see IAU Rules and Conventions). Statements can be sent to .

Information About The Feature To Be Named:
System:*	Select One ASTEROIDSEARTHJUPITERMARSMERCURYNEPTUNESATURNURANUSVENUS
Target:*	AdrasteaAitneAlbiorixAmaltheaAnankeAoedeArcheArielAsteroid BeltAtlasAutonoeBelindaBiancaCalibanCallirrhoeCallistoCalypsoCarmeCarpoChaldeneCordeliaCressidaCupidCylleneDactylDaphnisDeimosDesdemonaDespinaDioneElaraEnceladusEpimetheusErinomeErosErriapoEuantheEukeladeEuporieEuropaEurydomeFerdinandFranciscoGalateaGanymedeGaspraHarpalykeHegemoneHeleneHelikeHermippeHimaliaHyperionIapetusIdaIjiraqIoIocasteIsonoeItokawaJanusJulietJupiterKaleKallichoreKalykeKiviuqLarissaLedaLutetiaLysitheaMabMagacliteMargaretMarsMathildeMercuryMethoneMetisMimasMirandaMnemeMoonMundilfariNaiadNarviNeptuneNereidOberonOpheliaOrthosiePaaliaqPallenePanPandoraPasiphaePasitheePerditaPhobosPhoebePolydeucesPortiaPraxidikePrometheusProsperoProteusPuckRheaRosalindSaturnSetebosSiarnaqSinopeSkathiSpondeSteinsStephanoSuttungrSycoraxTarvosTaygeteTelestoTethysThalassaThebeThemistoThrymrThyoneTitanTitaniaTrinculoTritonUmbrielUranusVenusVestaYmir
Feature Type:*	Select One Albedo FeatureArcus, arcūsCatena, catenaeCavus, caviChaos, chaosesChasma, chasmataCollis, collesCorona, coronaeCrater, cratersDorsum, dorsaEruptive centerFacula, faculaeFarrum, farraFlexus, flexūsFluctus, fluctūsFlumen, fluminaFossa, fossaeInsula, insulaeLabes, labēsLabyrinthus, labyrinthiLacuna, lacunaeLacus, lacūsLanding site nameLarge ringed featureLinea, lineaeLingula, lingulaeMacula, maculaeMare, mariaMensa, mensaeMons, montesOceanus, oceaniPalus, paludesPatera, pateraePlanitia, planitiaePlanum, planaPlume, plumesPromontorium, promontoriaRegio, regionesRima, rimaeRupes, rupēsSatellite FeatureScopulus, scopuliSerpens, serpentesSinus, sinūsSulcus, sulciTerra, terraeTessera, tesseraeTholus, tholiUnda, undaeVallis, vallesVastitas, vastitatesVirga, virgae
Location:
Please only use decimal degree formatting (e.g. 13.32)
Lat/Lon WKT	Starting Latitude: ° Starting Longitude: ° Ending Latitude: ° Ending Longitude: ° Well Known Text:
Center Point:*	Center Latitude: ° Center Longitude: °
Positive East or West?: Please specify what coordinate system you used in the above longitudes.	Positive East Positive West
Feature Size:* (longest dimension in km)	(km)
Justification:* Features are named only when they have special scientific interest, and when the naming of such features is useful to the scientific and cartographic communities at large (see IAU Rules and Conventions). Please submit a few words describing why this feature needs to be named. If the name is needed for a paper or map, please supply the name of the journal or map series.
Additional Information:
Images:* Please attach an image with no annotation, and the same image with the boundary of the feature clearly marked. If the feature is a crater, please place a dot in the center of the crater to identify it. If the image is color, please use RGB, not CMYK.	Maximum total upload size is 10mb. Preferred image format is JPG.

Specific Name Suggestions
If you suggest a specific name, the source, continent, ethnic group, and origin fields below must be completed. Please note that for small Martian craters we are currently using only names of towns from countries that are not yet represented in the nomenclature database.
Suggested Feature Name: You may suggest a specific name for the feature, but there is no guarantee that the name will be approved (see How Names are Approved). The proposed name must fit the established theme for the feature type (see Categories for Naming Features).
Source: A paper source (no Internet sites) for each name is required. The source should be one that is easily found in libraries, and preferably one that is already established in the gazetteer (see Sources of Planetary Names). If you need to enter a source that isn't listed, select "Other.." at the bottom of the list and complete the dialog box.	Select One [1] Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, translated by R. Aldington and D. Ames; Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., New York, 1976.[2] Hawaiian Folk Tales: A Collection of Native Legends, by Thomas G. Thrum; AMS Printing Inc., New York, 1907.[3] Oceanic Mythology, by Roslyn Poignant; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1967.[4] Australian Legendary Tales, collected by K. Langloh Parker; Angus & Robertson, Brighton, 1963.[5] Aboriginal Myths and Legends, selected by Roland Robinson; Hamlyn Pub. Group Ltd., London, 1969.[6] Dreamtime: Australian Aboriginal Myths, text by Charles Mountford; Rigby Ltd., Adelaide, 1965.[7] Nomads and Empire Builders: Native Peoples and Cultures of South America, by Carleton Beals; Citadel, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1965.[8] The Indian Background of Colonial Yucatan, by R. L. Roys; Gordon Press, New York, 1976.[9] Kiowa Tales, by Elsie W. Parsons; The American Folklore Society, vol. XXII, New York, 1929.[10] Myths and Tales of the Jicarilla Apache, by Morris Edward Opler; The American Folklore Society, G. E. Stechert & Co., New York, 1938.[11] The Book of the Navajo, by Raymond Friday Locke; Mankind Pub. Co., Los Angeles, Calif., 1976.[12] Indian Mythology, by Veronica Ions; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1967.[13] African Mythology, by Geoffrey Parrinder; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1967.[14] South American Mythology, by Harold Osborne; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1968.[15] Chinese Mythology, by Anthony Christie; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1968.[16] Japanese Mythology, by Juliet Piggott; Paul Hamlyn Ltd., London, 1969.[17] Norse mythology; lists provided by Kaare Aksnes.[18] List compiled by V. G. Teifel.[19] The Greek Myths (2 vols.), by Robert Graves; Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1974.[20] American Men and Women of Science; R.R. Bowker, New York, 1982, 1989, 1994.[21] Handbook of Greek Mythology, by H. J. Rose; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1959.[22] Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative, by Herbert Mason; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Mass., 1971.[23] The Lost Gods of England, by Brian Branston; Thames & Hudson Ltd., London, 1957.[24] Orisha: The Gods of Yorubaland, by Judith Gleason; Atheneum, New York, 1971.[25] Ainu Creed and Cult, by Neil Gordon Munro; Columbia University Press, New York, 1963.[26] North American Indian Mythology, by Cottie Burland; Paul Hamlyn Pub. Group Ltd., London, 1968.[27] The Mythology of All Races (13 vols.), edited by John Arnott MacCulloch and George Foot Moore; Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1964.[28] The Odyssey, by Homer, translated by W. H. D. Rouse; Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., Edinburgh, 1934. or 28b. The Odyssey of Homer, translated by Herbert Bates; Harper Brothers, New York, 1929[29] Song of Roland, translated by Dorothy L. Sayers; Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1967.[30] Comparative Cultures; Human Relations Area File Inc., New Haven, Conn.[31] Gods, Heroes, and Men of Ancient Greece, translated by W. H. D. Rouse; The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., New York, 1957.[32] Myths of the Greeks and Romans, by Michael Grant; World Publishing Company, New York, 1962.[33] Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heros, by Edith Hamilton; Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Mass., 1942.[34] African Myths and Tales, edited by Susan Feldmann; Dell Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1970.[35] Gods and Myths of Northern Europe, by H. R. Ellis Davidson; Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1974.[36] National Geographic Atlas of the World: National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C., 1970 (and other editions).[37] Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, by Keith Baines; Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., New York, 1962.[38] Njal's Saga, by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Paulsson; Penguin Books Ltd., Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England, 1975.[39] The Age of Fable, by Thomas Bulfinch; The Heritage Press, New York, 1942.[40] Primal Myths: Creating the World, by Barbara C. Sproul; Harper & Row, New York, 1979.[41] The Iliad of Homer, translated by Benjamin Smith and Walter Miller; MacMillan & Co., New York, 1944.[42] Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel; The New American Library of World Literature, Inc., New York, 1963.[43] Dictionary of Classical Mythology, by J. E. Zimmerman; Harper and Row, New York, 1971.[44] The Aeneid of Virgil, translated by Allen Mandelbaum; Bantam Books, Inc., New York, 1971.[45] Tales of Yoruba Gods and Heroes, by Harold Courlander; Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1973.[46] List of famous women provided by the National Organization for Women.[47] Giants, by David Larkin and Sarah Teale; Harry Abrams, Inc., New York, 1979.[48] Letter from G. H. Pettengill to Venus Task Group, April 27, 1977.[49] Letter from M. Ya. Marov to G. H. Pettengill, September 8, 1977.[50] List compiled by N. P. Erpylev; includes names from various Russian legends.[51] Letter from M. Ya. Marov to G. H. Pettengill, January 3, 1981.[52] Alf Laylah Wa Laylah, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, by Richard F. Burton; Larsen-Harper, Colo. Press, Denver, Colo., 1900.[53] Myths and Folklore of the Temiskaming Algonquin, and Timagami Ojibwa, by F. G. Speck; Canada Department of Mines Memoir 71, Ottawa, 1915.[54] The New Century Handbook of Classical Geography, edited by Catherine B. Avery; Meredith Corp., New York, 1972.[55] Webster's New Geographical Dictionary; G. & C. Merriam Co., Springfield, Mass., 1972, 1977.[56] Everymans Classical Atlas, by J. Oliver Thomson; J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., London, 1963.[57] Map of albedo features of Mars, (plates 2-5), in La Planéte Mars, by E.M. Antoniadi; Librairie Scientifique, Hermann et Cie., Paris, 1930.[58] Letter from M. Ya. Marov to Harold Masursky, March 19, 1979.[59] The New Encyclopaedia Britannica; Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., Chicago, 1974, 1993.[60] Proceedings of the General Assembly in Transactions of the International Astronomical Union, vol. XB, 1958, through XXVB, 2003.[61] List of radar scientists provided by G. H. Pettengill.[62] List of names for Mars in various languages provided by Carl Sagan.[63] List supplied by N. P. Erpylev.[64] Soviet Encyclopedia (30 volumes, in Russian).[65] Myths of the Peoples of the World (two volumes, in Russian).[66] Named Lunar Formations, by Mary A. Blagg and K. Müller; Percy Lund, Humphries and Co. Ltd., London, 1935.[67] The System of Lunar Craters, Quadrants I, II, III, IV; by D. W. G. Arthur and others; Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, vol. 2, no. 30, 1963; vol. 3, no. 40, 1964; vol. 3, no. 50, 1965; vol. 5, no. 70, 1966.[68] World Who's Who in Science, edited by Allen G. Debus; Western Publishing Company, Hannibal, Mo., 1968; New York, 1973.[69] World Mythology, edited by Roy Willis; Henry Holt & Co., New York, 1993.[70] Letter from V. Straizys (Lithuanian Astronomical Council, Vilnius, Lithuania) to G. Burba, October 7, 1991.[71] Mars and its Satellites, A Detailed Commentary on the Nomenclature, 2nd edition, by Jürgen Blunck; Exposition Press, Smithtown, New York, 1982.[72] Soviet Men of Science, by John Turkevich; Van Nostrand Company, Princeton, New Jersey, 1963.[73] McGraw-Hill International Atlas; McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1963.[74] The Times Atlas of the World, Comprehensive Edition; The Times of London in collaboration with John Bartholomew & Son Ltd., Edinburgh, 1971 (and other editions).[75] Webster's Biographical Dictionary; G. & C. Merriam Company, Springfield, Mass., 1974 (and other editions).[76] Who's Who; St. Martin's Press, New York, 1974.[77] Observatories of the World, by Siegfried Marx and Werner Pfau; Van Nostrand, Reinhold Co., New York, 1982.[78] The Oxford Companion to Art; Oxford University Press, London, 1970.[79] Cassel's Encyclopaedia of World Literature; William Morrow & Company Inc., New York, 1973.[80] Lists of names for Mercury nomenclature, provided by David Morrison.[81] Kodansha Encyclopedia of Japan; Kodansha Ltd., New York, 1983.[82] Information supplied by V.V. Shevchenko, Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow.[83] Dictionary of Mythology, Folklore, and Symbols (in 3 vols.), by Gertrude Jobes; Scarecrow Press, Inc., New York, 1962.[84] Ancient Mirrors of Womanhood, by Merlin Stone; Beacon Press, Boston, Mass., 1984.[85] The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Illustrated; Avenel Books, a division of Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1975.[86] The World Guide to Gnomes, Fairies, Elves and other Little People, by Thomas Keightley, Avenel Books, New York, 1978.[87] Italo Calvino, by Martin McLaughlin; Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 1998.[88] Astronauts and Cosmonautics Biographical and Statistical Data, revised June 28, 1985, prepared by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1985.[89] Dictionary of Scientific Biography, Charles Coulston Gillispie, editor in chief, vol. 9; Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1981.[90] Encyclopedia Americana, International Edition; Grolier Inc., Danbury, Conn., 1984, 1996.[91] The Rand McNally International Atlas; Rand McNally and Co., New York, 1980.[92] Fairies, by Brian Froud and Alan Lee; Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1978.[93] Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend, edited by Maria Leach; Harper and Row, Inc., New York, 1984.[94] List of names supplied by T. C. Owen.[95] Poem "Rape of the Lock" by Alexander Pope.[96] Green Mansions, by W. H. Hudson; AMS Press Inc., New York, 1923.[97] The Blue Bird (printed with The Betrothal), by Maurice Maeterlinck; Philosophical Pub. Co., Quakertown, Penn., 1987.[98] Female first names supplied by Russian members of WGPSN and task groups.[99] Index to Women of the World, by N.O. Ireland; F.W. Faxon Co., Westwood, Mass., 1988 (and other editions).[100] List provided by Women's Study Program, Brown University, Providence, R.I.[101] An Account of the Polynesian Race, by A. Fernandez; Tuttle Press, 1969.[102] List provided by V.G. Suriquez, University of Hawaii at Manoa.[103] Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, A. Cotterell; Macmillan Publishing Co., New York, 1989.[104] Great North American Indians, by F. Dockstader; Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., New York, 1977.[105] List provided by S.V. Meschel, University of Chicago.[106] List provided by The Age (newspaper), Melbourne, Australia.[107] List provided by George Burba, Vernadsky Institute, Moscow.[108] List provided by Mikhail Ya. Marov, Academy of Science, Moscow.[109] Dictionary of First Names, by Alfred J. Kolatch; Putnam Publishing Group, New York, 1990.[110] Asimov's Biographical Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, by I. Asimov; Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1972.[111] The Book of Goddesses and Heroines, by P. Monaghan; Llewellyn Publications, St. Paul, Minn., 1990.[112] Great Folk Tales of Old Ireland, by Mary McGarry; Bell Publishing, New York, 1972.[113] Atlas of the Great Caves of the World, by P. Courbon, C. Chabert, P. Bosted, K. Lindsley; Cave Books, St. Louis, 1989.[114] Bulletin Volcanologique, by A. Atkinson, T.J. Griffin, P.J. Stephenson, 1975.[115] Exploration and Geology of Some Lava Tube Caves on the Hawaiian Volcanoes, by C. Wood; Trans. British Cave Res. Assoc., 1981.[116] Kartchner Cavern: Arizona's Newest State Park, by B.R. Tufts; Arizona Highways, vol. 65, 1989.[117] The Galileo Solid-State Imaging Experiment, by Michael J.S. Belton and others; Space Science Reviews, vol. 60, 1992.[118] The Blue Guides, Southern Italy, by L.V. Bertarelli; Macmillan & Co., London, 1925.[119] Guida D'Italia del Touring Club Italiano, by Abruzzo e Molise; Milano, 1965.[120] The Cave of Postojna and Other Marvels of the Karst, by Dr. A. Serko; Zavod Potojnske jame, Yugoslavia, 1958.[121] Memoirs of a Speleologist, The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer, by Robert deJoly; Zephyrus Press, New Jersey, 1975.[122] Viaggio in Italia, by Guido Piovene and Arnoldo Mondadori; Milano, 1966.[123] Pueblo Gods and Myths, by Hamilton A. Tyler; University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1964.[124] Cathy Please Don't Move, by H.J. Bender; Make-A-Wish Foundation, Winchester, VA, 1989.[125] Women in Chemistry and Physics: A Bibliographic Source Book, eds.: L.S. Grinstein, R.K.Rose, M.H. Rafailovich; Greenwood Press, Westport, CT, 1993.[126] The Astronomy of the Australian Aborigines, by Roslynn D. Haynes; in The Astronomy Quarterly, vol. 7, Pergamon Press, 1990.[127] Goddesses in World Mythology, by Martha Ann and Dorothy Myers Imel; ABC-CLIO, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA 1993.[128] Celtic Myth and Legend, by Charles Squire; Newcastle Publishing Co., Hollywood, CA 1975.[129] Hammond Atlas of the World; Hammond Incorporated, Maplewood, NJ, 1999.[130] Women in Myth and Legend, by Patricia Monaghan; Junction Books, London, 1981.[131] Zhenshchina v mifakh i legendakh (Woman in mythes and legends); Encyclopedic Dictionary, Komus Publishing, Tashkent, 1992 (in Russian).[132] Letter from Jouko Raitala (University of Oulu, Finland) to G. Burba, February 26, 1991.[133] List of Estonian first names by Uku Hanni (Tartu University, Estonia) provided to G. Burba, June, 1986.[134] Almanac of Famous People, edited by Beverly Baer and Neil E. Walker; Gale Research Inc., Detroit, 1994.[135] Macmillan Illustrated Encyclopedia of Myths and Legends, by Arthur Cotterell; Macmillan Publishing, New York, 1989.[136] Norse Mythology: Legends of Gods and Heroes, by Peter Andreas Munch; The American-Scandinavian Foundation, New York, 1942.[137] The Gods and Symbols of Ancient Mexico and the Maya, by Mary Miller and Karl Taube; Thames and Hudson, New York, 1993.[138] Commemoration of Prof. André Cailleux, by E. Dudich; International Union of the History and Philosophy of Sciences, International Commission of the History of the Geological Sciences (INHIGEO), 1987.[139] International Who's Who 1992-93; Europa Publications Limited, London, 1992 (and other editions).[140] National Atlas of the United States of America; U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., 1970.[141] Discovery, by Eric Flaum; Gallery Books, New York, 1990.[142] From Carnac to Callanish, by A. Burl; Yale University Press, New Haven, 1993.[143] The Gods of the Egyptians, by E.A. Wallis Budge; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1969.[144] Myths of the North American Indians, by C. Taylor; Barnes & Noble, New York, 1995.[145] Springs of Florida, by Jack C. Rosenau, Glen L. Faulkner, Charles W. Hendry, and Robert W. Hull; U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin No. 31, 1977.[146] The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations, by Walter Addison Jayne, M.D.; University Books, Inc., New York, 1962.[147] Hawaiian Mythology, by Martha Beckwith; University of Hawaii Press, Honolulu, 1970.[148] Priklyucheniya v Okeanii [Adventures in Oceania, in Russian], by M. Stingl; Pravda Publishers, Moscow, 1986.[149] A Dictionary of World Mythology, by Arthur Cotterell; Oxford University Press, Oxford/Melbourne, 1986.[150] Concise Giude to World Coalfields, compiled by World Coal Resources and Reserves Data Bank Services; International Energy Agency, London, 1983.[151] Coal: Availability, Mining, and Preparation, by James C. Hower, et al., in Encyclopedia of Energy Technology and the Environment, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1995.[152] Dictionary of Irish Mythology, by Peter Berresford Ellis; Oxford University Press, New York, 1987.[153] Slovar' slavyanskoy mifologii [Dictionary of the Slavic mythology]. - Nizhniy Novgorod, 1995 (in Russian).[154] Letter from Lisa Leghorn (Rigdzin Ling, Junction City, CA, USA) to Merton and Louise Davies, May 15, 1990.[155] G:otter in Planeten und Monden, by J. 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