Crater Names on Asteroid Ida

Craters Named After Caves

The asteroid 243 Ida is accompanied by its moon Dactyl. Idan craters are named after famous caves.

Crater	Named after	State	Country	Latitude	Longitude	Diameter	Added
Afon	Novy Afon Cave	Abkhazia	Georgia	6.5S	0.0E	0.8	1994
Atea	Atea Cave	Southern Highlands Province	Papua New Guinea	5.7S	18.9E	2.0	1997
Azzurra	Azzurra Grotto	Campania	Italy	30.5N	217.2E	9.6	1997
Bilemot	Bilemot Cave		Korea	27.8S	29.2E	1.8	1997
Castellana	Castellana Cave	Puglia	Italy	13.4S	335.2E	5.2	1997
Choukoutien	Choukoutien	Beijing	China	12.8N	23.6E	1.1	1997
Fingal	Fingal’s Cave	Argyll and Bute	UK	13.2S	39.9E	1.5	1997
Kartchner	Kartchner Caverns	Arizona	USA	7.0S	179.0E	0.9	1997
Kazumura	Kazumura Cave	Hawái’i	USA	32.0S	41.1E	2.1	1997
Lascaux	Lascaux Cave	Nouvelle-Aquitaine	France	0.8N	161.2E	11.8	1997
Lechuguilla	Lechuguilla Cave	New México	USA	7.9N	357.1E	1.5	1997
Mammoth	Mammoth Cave	Kentucky	USA	18.3S	180.3E	10.2	1997
Manjang	Manjang Cave	Jeju-do	Korea	28.3S	90.5E	1.0	1997
Orgnac	Orgnac Cave	Ardèche	France	6.3S	202.7E	10.6	1997
Padirac	Padirac Cave	Lot	France	4.3S	5.2E	1.9	1997
Peacock	Peacock Springs	Florida	USA	2.0S	52.0E	0.2	1997
Postojna	Postojna Cave	Notranjska	Slovenia	42.9S	359.9E	6.0	1997
Sterkfontein	Sterkfontein	Gauteng	South Africa	4.1S	54.1E	4.7	1997
Stiffe	Stiffe Cave	Abruzzo	Italy	27.9S	126.5E	1.5	1997
Undara	Undara Cave	Queensland	Australia	2.0N	113.8E	8.5	1997
Viento	Cueva del Viento	Tenerife	Spain	12.2N	343.9E	1.6	1997