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Surface Features

Named features on the surface of a planet, moon or other body: a crater, mountain, plain, canyon or similar landform, described by the body it sits on, its coordinates and its approximate size. Naming generally follows the International Astronomical Union's own conventions for that body's feature category, so a crater and a mountain range on the same body can carry very different naming themes. This category excludes the body itself, which is its own celestial object entity.

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