There are a number of objects in the Solar System that have been named after Italian people or places. Many of these are craters on the terrestrial planets but asteroids and exoplanets have also received Italian names.
Moons The Moon Abetti (crater) Dante (crater)
Ganymede Galileo Regio
Titan Elba Facula Genova Sinus Mezzoramia (Titan)
Ariel Befana crater
Venus Agnesi (crater) Bassi crater Caccini crater Cortese crater d'Este crater Deledda crater
Mars Cagli crater Cefalù Crotone Herculaneum Locana Mistretta Nardo Neive Novara Pompeii Sarno
Ceres Piazzi, a dark region southwest of Dantu crater
Asteroids 472 Roma 477 Italia 487 Venetia 2999 Dante 7794 Sanvito 16765 Agnesi
Ida and Dactyl Azzurra crater Castellana crater Stiffe crater
External links Italiani nel sistema solare, Michele T. Mazzucato, 2008, Nature