Craters on Ryugu
7 named features carry the IAU descriptor Crater — a circular depression, almost always an impact scar on Ryugu, out of 4,787 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
7
of 13 named places on Ryugu — 54%
Largest
0.3 km
Urashima
Median size
0.2 km
Across the 7 with a measured diameter
Named between
2018–2018
IAU approval dates
How craters on Ryugu get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 7 craters with a recorded origin, 4 categories appear, led by Japan.
Japan4France1Russia1The Netherlands (Dutch)1
All 7 craters on Ryugu
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Craters elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 12 other worlds, for 4,780 more features.