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Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
A Working Group of the IAU Executive Committee

Position	Name	Representing Country
President:	R. Schulz	Germany
Members:	K. Aksnes	Norway
	G. A. Burba	Russia
	G. Consolmagno	Vatican City State
	R. Lopes	U.K.
	P. Masson	France
	W. Sheehan	U.S.A.
	G. Williams	U.S.A. (Minor Planet Center and IAU Small Bodies Nomenclature representative)
	C. Wood	U.S.A.

Task Group for Lunar Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	C. Wood	U.S.A.
Members:	F. El-Baz	U.S.A.
	L. Gaddis	U.S.A.
	H. Hiesinger	Germany
	C. Li	China
	L. Ostrach	U.S.A.
	V.V. Shevchenko	Russia
	Y. G. Shkuratov	Ukraine
	L. Wilson	U.K.

Task Group for Mercury Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	P. Masson	France
Members:	A .C. Cook	U.K.
	J. W. Head III	U.S.A.
	K. Kuramoto	Japan
	J. Rodionova	Russia
	R. Ziethe	Switzerland

Task Group for Venus Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	G. A. Burba	Russia
Members:	P. Grindrod	U.K.
	V. Hansen	U.S.A.
	P. Kostama	Finland
	I. López	Spain
	E. Stofan	U.S.A.

Task Group for Mars Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	G. Consolmagno	Vatican City State
Members:
	M. Ivanova	Russia
	P. Masson	France
	H. Miyamoto	Japan
	C.D. Murray	U.K.
	J. Skinner	U.S.A.
	D. Tirsch	Germany

Task Group for Small Bodies Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	R. Schulz	Germany
Members:
	J. Kikwaya	Vatican City State
	D. Lupishko	Ukraine
	K. Seiferlin	Switzerland
	J. Watanabe	Japan
	H. Zhao	China

Task Group for Outer Solar System Nomenclature

Position	Name	Representing Country
Chairperson:	R. Lopes	U.K.
Members:	K. Aksnes	Norway
	M. Bannister	New Zealand
	G. Burba	Russia
	A. Coustenis	France
	C. Neish	Canada
	J. Kimura	Japan
	E. Turtle	U.S.A.