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Target: Pluto
Feature Type: Crater, craters

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Feature Name
Target
Diameter
Center Latitude
Center Longitude
Feature Type
Approval Date
Origin
Bower Pluto 72.00 45.36 233.39 Crater, craters Sep 11, 2024 Ernest Clare; American astronomer who calculated one of the first independent orbits of Pluto, shortly after that planet’s 1930 discovery by Lowell Observatory’s Clyde Tombaugh (1890-1964).
Burney Pluto 296.00 45.68 133.79 Crater, craters Aug 08, 2017 Venetia; British schoolgirl, who suggested in 1930 the name “Pluto” for Tombaugh’s newly discovered planet (1918–2009).
Coradini Pluto 38.00 42.88 191.43 Crater, craters May 27, 2022 Angioletta; Italian planetary scientist (1946-2011).
Coughlin Pluto 45.00 15.24 150.54 Crater, craters Jan 03, 2020 Thomas Boyd; American mechanical/space engineer, first project manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1941–2014).
Edgeworth Pluto 149.00 6.86 109.42 Crater, craters Feb 03, 2021 Kenneth; Irish astronomer, the first to propose the existence of a disk of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune, now known as the Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt (1880-1972).
Elliot Pluto 96.00 12.04 138.86 Crater, craters Aug 08, 2017 James; American astronomer, discoverer of the atmosphere of Pluto (1943–2011).
Farinella Pluto 20.00 50.87 179.24 Crater, craters Sep 11, 2024 Paolo; Italian planetary scientist who conducted critical investigations of the formation and collisional evolution of small bodies, satellites, and space debris, including Kuiper Belt objects (1953-2000).
Gibson Pluto 19.00 49.17 138.38 Crater, craters Jan 08, 2025 William C.; Original Science Payload Manager of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (1945-2017).
Giclas Pluto 49.00 39.79 201.82 Crater, craters Jan 08, 2025 Henry L.; astronomer at Lowell Observatory, who obtained early photographic plates that remain critical to determination of Pluto’s orbit (1910-2007).
Hardaway Pluto 11.07 46.85 140.97 Crater, craters Aug 05, 2020 Lisa; Led the development of the RALPH instrument, the visual and infrared imager and spectrometer on the New Horizons spacecraft (1966-2017).
Hardie Pluto 25.00 23.82 141.58 Crater, craters Jan 03, 2020 Robert H.; American astronomer, co-discoverer (1955) of Pluto’s 6.4-day rotation period (1923–1989).
Khare Pluto 58.00 27.85 94.56 Crater, craters May 30, 2019 Bishun; Indian-born American atmosphere chemistry scientist, investigated, in particular, tholins, the organic molecules that probably account for the darkest regions on Pluto (1933–2013).
Kiladze Pluto 44.42 28.39 212.92 Crater, craters May 30, 2019 Rolan; Georgian (Caucasus) astronomer. Investigated the dynamics, astrometry and photometry of Pluto (1931–2010).
Kowal Pluto 66.00 49.48 217.87 Crater, craters May 27, 2022 Charles T.; American astronomer and discoverer of 2060 Chiron (1940-2011).
Oort Pluto 123.00 7.86 92.05 Crater, craters Feb 03, 2021 Jan Hendrik, Dutch astronomer, first described the Oort Cloud, a theoretical cloud of icy planetesimals beyond the Kuiper Belt, and believed to be the source of long- period comets (1900 to 1992).
Pulfrich Pluto 37.70 77.80 135.99 Crater, craters Aug 05, 2020 Carl; German physicist, inventor of the blink comparator which Clyde Tombaugh used for discovery of Pluto (1858-1927).
Simonelli Pluto 286.00 12.79 314.76 Crater, craters May 30, 2019 Damon; American astronomer; investigated the formation history of Pluto (1959–2004).
Zagar Pluto 93.00 -5.74 155.23 Crater, craters Aug 05, 2020 Francesco; Italian astronomer who carried out early studies of the orbit of Pluto (1900-1976).
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