This is a list of named

craters Crater may refer to: Landforms * Impact crater, a depression caused by two celestial bodies impacting each other, such as a meteorite hitting a planet * Explosion crater, a hole formed in the ground produced by an explosion near or below the surf ...

in the

Solar System The Solar System Capitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar ...

as named by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature. As of 2017, there is a total of 5,223 craters on 40 astronomical bodies, which includes minor planets (

asteroid An asteroid is a minor planet of the Solar System#Inner solar system, inner Solar System. Sizes and shapes of asteroids vary significantly, ranging from 1-meter rocks to a dwarf planet almost 1000 km in diameter; they are rocky, metallic o ...

s and

dwarf planet A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit of the Sun, smaller than any of the eight classical planets but still a world in its own right. The prototypical dwarf planet is Pluto. The interest of dwarf planets to ...

s),

planet A planet is a large, rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor its remnant. The best available theory of planet formation is the nebular hypothesis, which posits that an interstellar cloud collapses out of a nebula to create a ...

s, and

natural satellite A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another natural satellite). Natural satellites are often colloquially referred to as ''moons ...

s. All geological features of a body (including craters) are typically named after a specific theme. For completeness, the list also refers to the craters on , which naming process is not overseen by IAU's WGPSN. __NOTOC__

Amalthea (2)

Ariel (17)

Callisto (141)

Ceres (90)

Charon (6)

Dactyl (2)

Deimos (2)

Dione (73)

Earth (190)

Enceladus (53)

Epimetheus (2)

Eros (37)

Europa (41)

Ganymede (131)

Dropped or not approved names

Gaspra (31)

Hyperion (4)

Iapetus (58)

Ida (21)

Itokawa (10)

Janus (4)

Lutetia (19)

Mars (1092)

Mathilde (23)

Mercury (397)

Mimas (35)

Miranda (7)

Moon (1624)

Oberon (9)

Phobos (17)

Phoebe (24)

Pluto (2)

Proteus (1)

Puck (3)

Rhea (128)

Steins (23)

Tethys (50)

Thebe (1)

Titan (11)

Titania (15)

Triton (9)

Umbriel (13)

Venus (900)

Vesta (90)

References

External links

Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) {{DEFAULTSORT:List of craters on minor planets * *