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