Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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astronomical database planetary nomenclature catalog

The Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature is an official, internationally recognized database maintained by the International Astronomical Union that lists and standardizes names of planetary surface features across the Solar System.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature	21
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature	6
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature canonical	4
Ceres surface feature nomenclature system	1
Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (IAU)	1
IAU planetary nomenclature	1
International Astronomical Union naming conventions	1
USGS Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature website	1
USGS planetary nomenclature program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3631182 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Context triple: [Kepler (Martian crater), catalog, Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature]

A. IAU lunar nomenclature
IAU lunar nomenclature is the official naming system established by the International Astronomical Union for identifying and standardizing the names of features on the Moon.
B. Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy
The Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy is the youngest major geologic time division on the Moon, characterized by relatively fresh impact craters with bright ray systems and minimal space weathering.
C. Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
D. Odysseus impact basin
The Odysseus impact basin is a large, prominent impact crater on Saturn’s icy moon Tethys, notable for its immense size and relatively shallow, relaxed topography.
E. crater Swope on the Moon
Crater Swope on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Henrietta Hill Swope, recognized for her work on variable stars and distance measurements in astronomy.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
Target entity description: The Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature is an official, internationally recognized database maintained by the International Astronomical Union that lists and standardizes names of planetary surface features across the Solar System.

A. IAU lunar nomenclature
IAU lunar nomenclature is the official naming system established by the International Astronomical Union for identifying and standardizing the names of features on the Moon.
B. Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy
The Copernican System of lunar stratigraphy is the youngest major geologic time division on the Moon, characterized by relatively fresh impact craters with bright ray systems and minimal space weathering.
C. Levi-Civita crater
Levi-Civita crater is a large, heavily eroded impact crater on the Moon’s far side, named after Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita.
D. Odysseus impact basin
The Odysseus impact basin is a large, prominent impact crater on Saturn’s icy moon Tethys, notable for its immense size and relatively shallow, relaxed topography.
E. crater Swope on the Moon
Crater Swope on the Moon is a lunar impact crater named in honor of American astronomer Henrietta Hill Swope, recognized for her work on variable stars and distance measurements in astronomy.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	astronomical database ⓘ planetary nomenclature catalog ⓘ
accessMode	free access ⓘ online ⓘ
audience	general public ⓘ global scientific community ⓘ
contains	approval date ⓘ approval status ⓘ approved planetary feature names ⓘ feature coordinates ⓘ feature diameters ⓘ feature naming citations ⓘ feature origin information ⓘ feature types ⓘ
covers	Solar System ⓘ features on asteroids ⓘ features on dwarf planets ⓘ features on moons ⓘ features on planetary satellites ⓘ features on planets ⓘ planetary surface features ⓘ
dataType	geospatial information ⓘ nomenclature metadata ⓘ
domain	planetary nomenclature ⓘ
excludes	informal feature names ⓘ unapproved feature names ⓘ
follows	IAU naming conventions ⓘ IAU planetary nomenclature rules ⓘ
governedBy	IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature guidelines ⓘ
hasOfficialStatus	internationally recognized standard ⓘ
hasPublisher	International Astronomical Union ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
maintainedBy	IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature ⓘ linked to: IAU Working Groups International Astronomical Union ⓘ
operatedAs	web-based searchable database ⓘ
purpose	avoidance of naming duplication ⓘ provide authoritative list of approved names ⓘ standardization of planetary feature names ⓘ support of planetary mapping ⓘ support of planetary science research ⓘ
relatedTo	IAU planetary nomenclature system ⓘ planetary mapping standards ⓘ
scope	official IAU-approved names only ⓘ
usedBy	cartographers ⓘ educators ⓘ mission planners ⓘ planetary scientists ⓘ reference publishers ⓘ space agencies ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kepler (Martian crater) → catalog → Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature ⓘ

Rupes (scarps) on Mercury → areCatalogedBy → USGS planetary nomenclature program ⓘ

subject linked to: Rupes (scarps)