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The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Codesido, Wu Shujuan, El Husseini, Freire, Asawa, Halim, Bilokur, and Le Guin for eight craters on Mercury. For more information, please see the H-3, H-5, H-7, and H-15 nomenclature maps in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Melosh and Jhelum Vallis for two features on Mars. For more information, please see the MC-11 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Barlow for a feature on Mars. For more information, please see the MC-18 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Harrington Regio, Sharaf Regio, Bower, and Farinella for four features on Pluto. For more information, please see the Pluto nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Stoddart for a feature on Mercury. For more information, please see the H-07 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Mons Malapert for a feature on the Moon. For more information, please see the LAC-144 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Nam Byeong-Cheol for a feature on the Moon. For more information, please see the LAC-89 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Sontag, Piazzolla, Truffaut, Nasir, Masuka, Carvalho, Makeba, Motonobu for eight craters on Mercury. For more information, please see the H-2, H-4, H-6, and H-10 nomenclature maps in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the names Statio Tianjiang, Mons Song, Xu Xiake, Levi-Montalcini, Salam, Zhang Zhongjing, Su Song, Chien-Shiung Wu, Li Shizhen, Perey, and Li Bing for eleven features on the Moon. For more information, please see the LAC-121 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Lhamu for a feature on the Moon. For more information, please see the LAC-144 nomenclature map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
