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The names Corozal, Palikir, Raga, and Tivat have been approved for use on Mars. For more information, see the maps of Mars in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
Names for two craters (Öpik and Shklovsky), one planitia (Lagado Planitia), and one regio (Laputa Regio) have been approved for use on Phobos. For more information, see the Phobos page and the map of Phobos in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature.
The names of fourteen craters and one tholus have been approved for Vesta. For details, see the list of Vesta feature names in theGazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Coordinates for these names are in a system used by the Dawn Team.
