Polish names in space

There are a number of objects in the solar system that have been named after Polish people or places. Many of these are craters on the terrestrial planets but asteroids and exoplanets have also received Polish names.

Moon

• Armiński (crater)
• Gadomski (crater)
• Kepínski (crater)
• Lubiniezky (crater)
• Copernicus (lunar crater)

Mercury

• Boznańska crater
• Chopin (crater)
• Kobro crater
• Komeda crater
• Mickiewicz (crater)

Venus

• Badarzewska crater
• Jadwiga crater
• Janina crater
• Konopnicka crater
• Landowska crater
• Nalkowska crater
• Olesnicka crater
• Wanda (crater)
• Zosia crater

Mars

• Copernicus (Martian crater)
• Grójec crater
• Puławy crater

Asteroids

• 198820 Iwanowska
• 199950 Sierpc
• 279377 Lechmankiewicz
• 471143 Dziewanna (TNO)

Stars

• Solaris (star)

Exoplanets

• Pirx (planet)

External links

• https://polskiobserwator.de/lifestyle/polskie-slady-na-marsie/
• http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C390820%2Ctrzy-nowe-planetoidy-otrzymaly-polskie-nazwy.html
• https://www.tvp.info/7958935/trzy-planetoidy-otrzymaly-polskie-nazwy