Editing Planetary nomenclature (section)

=== Satellites of [[Jupiter]] ===

==== [[Amalthea (moon)|Amalthea]]====
{{see also|Amalthea (moon)#Named geological features}}
People and places associated with the Amalthea myth.

====[[Thebe (moon)|Thebe]]====

Features on Thebe are named after people and places associated with the Thebe myth. There is only one named feature on Thebe{{snd}} [[Zethus Crater]].

====[[Io (moon)|Io]]====

{{see also|List of geological features on Io|List of mountains on Io|List of paterae on Io}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Feature type
! Naming convention
|-
| Active eruptive centers
| Active volcanoes on Io are named after fire, sun or thunder gods or heroes.
|- 
| Catenae
| Crater chains are named after [[solar deity|Sun gods]].
|- 
| Fluctūs
| Names of fluctūs are derived from a nearby named feature, fire, sun, thunder or volcano gods, goddesses and heroes or mythical blacksmiths.
|- 
| Mensae, Montes, Plana, Regiones and Tholi
| These features can be named after places associated with [[Io (mythology)|Io mythology]], derived from nearby named features, or places from Dante's ''[[Divine Comedy|Inferno]]''
|- 
| Paterae
| Paterae on Io are named after fire, sun, thunder or volcano gods, heroes or goddesses or mythical blacksmiths.
|- 
| Valles
| Names of valleys are derived from nearby named features.
|}

====[[Europa (moon)|Europa]]====
{{see also|List of geological features on Europa|List of craters on Europa|List of lineae on Europa}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Feature type
! Naming convention
|-
| Chaos
| Places associated with Celtic myths
|- 
| Craters
| Celtic gods and heroes
|- 
| Flexūs
| Places associated with the Europa myth
|- 
| Large ringed features
| Celtic stone circles
|- 
| Lenticulae
| Celtic gods and heroes
|- 
| Lineae
| People associated with the Europa myth
|- 
| Maculae
| Places associated with the Europa myth
|- 
| Regiones
| Places associated with Celtic myths
|}

====[[Ganymede (moon)|Ganymede]]====
{{see also|List of geological features on Ganymede}}
{| class="wikitable"
! Feature type
! Naming convention
|-
| Catenae, craters
| Gods and heroes of ancient [[Middle East]]ern civilizations
|- 
| Faculae
| Places associated with Egyptian myths
|- 
| Fossae
| Gods (or principals) of ancient Fertile Crescent people
|- 
| Paterae
| Paterae on Ganymede are named after [[wadi]]s in the Middle East.
|-
| Regiones
| Astronomers who discovered Jovian satellites
|- 
| Sulci
| Places associated with myths of ancient people
|}

====[[Callisto (moon)|Callisto]]====
{{see also|List of geological features on Callisto|List of craters on Callisto}}

{| class="wikitable"
! Feature type
! Naming convention
|-
| Large ringed features
| Homes of the gods and of heroes
|- 
| Craters
| Heroes and heroines from northern myths
|- 
| Catenae
| Mythological places in high latitudes
|}