Turkish names in space

There are a number of objects in the solar system that have been named after Turkish people or places. Many of these are craters on the terrestrial planets but asteroids and exoplanets have also received Turkish names.

Mercury edit

Venus edit

Mars edit

  • Bozkir crater
  • Can crater
  • Hashir crater
  • Sinop crater
  • Tarsus (crater)
  • Zir crater

Moons edit

Enceladus edit

Pluto edit

Asteroids edit

951 Gaspra edit

  • Yalova crater

External links edit