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
- Sinan (crater)
- Berkel (crater)
Venus
- Adivar (crater)
- Guzel (crater)
- Faina (crater)
Mars
- Bozkir crater
- Can crater
- Hashir crater
- Sinop crater
- Tarsus (crater)
- Zir crater
Moons
Enceladus
- Harran Sulci, a region of grooved terrain
Pluto
- Nasreddin (crater)
Asteroids
- 1174 Marmara
- 1457 Ankara
- 11695 Mattei
- 13096 Tigris
- 20936 Nemrut Dagi
- 266854 Sezenaksu
951 Gaspra
- Yalova crater
External links
- https://www.yenisafak.com/foto-galeri/teknoloji/21-adet-turk-ismi-uzayda-2021840
- https://www.fikriyat.com/galeri/yasam/aydaki-kraterlere-verilen-turk-isimleri