This is a list of geological features on the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson. The asteroid was visited on 20 April 2025 by NASA's Lucy mission en route to the Jupiter trojans. Its surface features are named after major paleoanthropological sites and discoveries, and names are adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Colli
Feature Coordinates Named After Approval Windover Collum 20°N 140°W Windover Pond, archaeological site in Florida, United States 27 Aug 2025
Craters
Feature Coordinates Diameter (km) Named After Approval Mungo 10.78°N 17.55°W 0.01 Lake Mungo, New South Wales, Australia, site of the Mungo Man and Mungo Woman 27 Aug 2025 Narmada 22.52°N 39.35°W 0.01 Narmada River valley, India, site of the Narmada Human 27 Aug 2025
Dorsa
Feature Coordinates Length (km) Named After Approval Luzia Dorsum 15°N 135°W 2 Luzia Woman, a 11,500 year old skeleton found in Lapa Vermelha, Brazil 27 Aug 2025
Lobi Feature Diameter (km) Named After Approval Afar Lobus 3.4 Afar Triangle, region that hosts many archaeological sites 27 Aug 2025 Olduvai Lobus 5.4 Olduvai Gorge, major archaeological site in Tanzania 27 Aug 2025
Regiones
Feature Coordinates Diameter (km) Named After Approval Hadar Regio 18°N 142°W 2.3 Hadar Formation, Ethiopia, site of the Lucy fossil 27 Aug 2025 Minatogawa Regio 15°N 125°W 1.5 Minatogawa quarry, Okinawa, Japan, site of several early Homo sapiens skeletons known as the Minatogawa specimens 27 Aug 2025
Saxa
Feature Coordinates Named After Approval Boxgrove Saxum 11.22°N 22.03°W Boxgrove, England, village that is host to the Boxgrove Paleolithic site 27 Aug 2025 Cashel Saxum 28.4°N 51.8°W Cashel, County Laois, Ireland, site of the Cashel Man 27 Aug 2025 Kennewick Saxum 14.2°N 39.4°W Kennewick, Washington, United States, site of the Kennewick Man 27 Aug 2025
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