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Articles I've created
Though some have been improved a lot by others:
- Book: Geological Eras of the Phanerozoic for commuting-reading.
- (436724) 2011 UW158
- Matteo Bruni
- Caleuche Chasma
- Rhyephenes
This is just a memory helper. I'm not sure whether it qualifies for a stand-alone article.
 | This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. |
| type | name | named after |
|---|---|---|
| Star | HD164604 Pincoya | Pincoya, a female water spirit from southern mythology |
| Exoplanet | HD164604b Caleuche | Caleuche, a ghost ship from southern mythology |
Dwarf Planet
|
Makemake | Easter Island deity Make-Make, since it was discovered shortly after Easter |
| Moon of Uranus | Setebos | Fictional divinity in Shakespeare's The Tempest, reportedly inspired by Kóoch, a Tehuelche divinity also known as Setebos or Setibos.[1][2]
|
| Asteroid | 1973 Colocolo
|
Colocolo |
| Asteroid | 1974 Caupolican
|
Caupolican
|
| Asteroid | 1992 Galvarino | Galvarino |
| Asteroid | 2187 La Silla | Cerrlo La Silla[3], home to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
| Asteroid | 2351 O'Higgins
|
Bernardo O'Higgins |
| Asteroid | 2644 Victor Jara | Víctor Jara |
| Asteroid | 2741 Valdivia | Pedro de Valdivia |
| Asteroid | 2976 Lautaro
|
Lautaro |
| Asteroid | 3495 Colchagua
|
Colchagua |
| Asteroid | 4055 Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan |
| Asteroid | 4636 Chile
|
Chile[4] |
Non periodic-comet
|
C/1981 M1 (Gonzalez) | Astronomer Luis Eduardo González (link to Spanish Wikipedia article) |
| Asteroid | 6836 Paranal
|
Cerro Paranal[4], home to de VLT |
| Asteroid and Comet | 7968 Elst–Pizarro | Co-discoverer Guido Pizarro, Chilean astronomer[5] |
| Asteroid | 11335 Santiago
|
Santiago |
| Asteroid | 261690 Jodorowsky | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Crater on Mercury | Mistral | Gabriela Mistral |
| Crater on Mercury | Neruda | Pablo Neruda[note 1] |
| Crater on Mercury | Bello | Andrés Bello |
| Crater on Venus | Parra | Apparently Nicanor Parra[note 2][6] |
| Crater on Mars | Gatico
|
Gatico, ghost town near Tocopilla[note 3][7] |
| Crater on Mars | Lebu
|
Lebu |
| Crater on Mars | Lota
|
Lota |
| Crater on Mars | Pica
|
Pica |
| Crater on Mars | Rengo
|
Rengo
|
| Crater on Mars | Toconao
|
Toconao |
| Patera[note 4] on Io
(Jupiter moon) |
Pillan Patera | Pillán
|
| Mountain on Io | Pillan Mons | Pillán
|
| Bay on Titan
(Saturn moon) |
Patos sinus, in | Enten fyord, known in Spanish as Seno Patos |
| Lake on Titan | Atacama Lacuna | Atacama Desert |
| Crater on Umbriel
(Uranus moon) |
Setibos | Explicitly after the Tehuelche divinity (see Setebos, moon of Uranus, above) |
| Chasma[note 5] on Charon | Caleuche Chasma | Caleuche, a legendary ghost ship |
- 1875 Neruda, not named after the Chilean Nobel laureate, but, surprisingly enough, some other poet(JK, he was the original poet Pablo Neruda took his artistic name from).
- IAUsite only says Parra is named after a Chilean writer, not the name.
- ^ Listed as dropped by the IAU.
- ^ Shallow circular superficial feature, or complex crater with scalloped edges
- ^ Canyon-like feature
Named after Incan deities and concepts
Although centered on modern-day
Maule river at its height in the 15th century
, conquering most of northern and central Chile.
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No asteroids or minor planets yet in the list. Can be searched by name here.
| type | name | named after |
|---|---|---|
| Mount on Venus | Copacati Mons[8] | Copacati , lake goddess.
|
| Corona on Venus | Pachamama Corona | Pachamama, Earth goddess. |
| Chasma in Venus | Quilla Chasma | Mama Killa (also spelled Quilla due to Spanish influence), moon goddess. |
| Valley on Mars | Auqakuh Vallis | Word for 'Mars' in Quechua (Inca). |
| Crater on Ceres | Coniraya | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation.[9] |
Patera on Io
|
Inti Patera | Inti, sun god. |
| Patera on Io | Cataquil Patera | Catequil or Cataquil, god of thunder and lightning. |
| Patera on Io | Viracocha Patera | Viracocha, Quechua sun god. |
| Patera on Io | Nina Patera | Nina, fire god[10]. |
| Crater on Rhea
(Saturn moon) |
Pachacamac | Pachacamac, supreme god, "Earth maker."[11] |
| Crater on Rhea | Arunaka | Arunaka, creator of all things.[12] |
| Crater on Rhea | Con | Con, coastal creator god.[13] |
| Crater on Rhea | Iraca | Iraca, creator god who became the moon.[14] |
| Crater on Rhea | Thunupa | Thunupa, creator of all things.[15] |
| Crater on Ariel
(Uranus moon) |
Laica | Laica, good spirit.[16] |
References
- ^ "NASA Solar System Exploration - Setebos: Overview". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "Los Tehuelches" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2187 La Silla (1976 UH)". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ ISBN 9783642019647. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ISBN 9781107622777. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^ "Craters: Parra on Venus". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "Gatico, un pueblo extinto". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Copacati Mons on Venus". Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Coniraya on Ceres". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Nina Patera on Io". Retrieved 2015-07-27.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Pachacamac on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Arunaka on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Con on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Iraca on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Thunupa on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
- ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Laica on Ariel". Retrieved 2015-07-28.