List of craters on Callisto
Template:Short description This is a list of named craters on Callisto, one of the many moons of Jupiter, the most heavily cratered natural satellite in the Solar System (for other features, see list of geological features on Callisto).<ref name="Gazetteer-Callisto-Craterlist" />
As of 2020, the Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature has officially named a total of 142 craters on Callisto, more than on any other non-planetary object such as Ganymede (131), Rhea (128), Vesta (90), Ceres (90), Dione (73), Iapetus (58), Enceladus (53), Tethys (50) and Europa (41).<ref name="Gazetteer-Callisto-Craterlist" />Template:Efn Although some Callistoan craters refer to the nymph Callisto from Greek mythology, they are officially named after characters from myths and folktales of cultures of the Far North.<ref name="Gazetteer-Categories" />
List of CratersEdit
See alsoEdit
- List of craters on the Moon
- List of craters on Mars
- List of craters on Mercury
- List of craters on Venus
NoteEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- USGS: Callisto nomenclature
- USGS: Callisto Nomenclature: Craters
- Callisto Crater Database Lunar and Planetary Institute