Turkish names in space

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

Mercury

Venus

Mars

Bozkir crater
Can crater
Hashir crater
Sinop crater
Tarsus (crater)
Zir crater

Moons

Enceladus

Harran Sulci, a region of grooved terrain

Pluto

Nasreddin (crater)

Asteroids

951 Gaspra

Yalova crater

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