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The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Peneus Mensa for a feature on Mars. For more information, please see the MC-27 map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved ten new names for features on Pluto: Edgeworth, Oort, Beatrice Fossa, Dumuzi Fossa, Inanna Fossa, Zheng He Montes, Ranger Planitia, Lunokhod Planitia, Pioneer Terra, and Viking Terra. For more information, please see the Pluto map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved names for three features on Mercury: Chikyu Rupes, Investigator Rupes, and Alpha Crucis Rupes. For more information, see the Mercury maps H-13 and H-09 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Easley for a small lunar crater. For more information, see the LAC-99 map in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Tooley for a lunar crater. The name was approved on November 19, 2020. For more information, see the lunar map LAC-144 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Berry for a crater on Mercury. For more information, please see the Mercury map H-01 in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved two new names for Charon: McCaffrey Dorsum and Cora, a crater.
The Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name Homowo Regio for a feature on Ceres. See the feature page for Homowo Regio in the Gazetteer of Planetary System Nomenclature for more information.
The IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved twelve new names for rocks on the asteroid Bennu, the target of the OSIRIS-REx mission. The new names are Thorondor Saxum, Dodo Saxum, Odette Saxum, Odile Saxum, Camulatz Saxum, Kongamato Saxum, Gullinkambi Saxum, Boobrie Saxum, Aellopus Saxum, Celaeno Saxum, Ciinkwia Saxum, and Gamayun Saxum.
