List of geological features on Pluto
Craters
Plutonian craters are being named after scientists and other people associated with the study of Pluto. The following is a list of unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team (not all of the names correspond with the themes listed above).

List of geological features on Pluto

Section Title: Craters
Table Section Text: Plutonian craters are being named after scientists and other people associated with the study of Pluto. The following is a list of unofficial names chosen by the New Horizons team (not all of the names correspond with the themes listed above).

Feature	Named after	Name approved (Date · Ref)

Brinton	Henry Brinton, NASA administrator instrumental in Pluto studies	—

Burney	Venetia Burney, who proposed the name of Pluto	2017-08-08 · WGPSN

Coradini	Angioletta Coradini, Italian astronomer	—

Drake	Michael Julian Drake, British-American astronomer who chaired the committee that approved the New Horizons mission	—

Elliot	James L. Elliot, discoverer of Pluto's atmosphere	2017-08-08 · WGPSN

Farinella	Paolo Farinella, Italian astronomer	—

Giclas	Henry L. Giclas, an astronomer at Lowell Observatory	—

Guest	John Guest, British volcanologist and planetary scientist	—

H. Smith	Harlan Smith, astronomer and director of McDonald Observatory	—

Harrington	Robert Sutton Harrington, co-discoverer of Charon	—

Hollis	Andrew Hollis, British astronomer	—

K. Edgeworth	Kenneth Edgeworth, Irish astronomer who posited the Kuiper Belt	—

Kowal	Charles T. Kowal, American astronomer who discovered the first centaur	—

Oort	Jan Oort, Dutch astronomer who posited the Oort Cloud	—

Pulfrich	Carl Pulfrich, German physicist who developed the blink-comparator used to discover Pluto	—

Safronov	Viktor Safronov, Russian astronomer	—

Simonelli	Damon Simonelli, American astronomer and Pluto geologist	—

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The crater on Pluto, known as Elliot, is named after James L. Elliot.

final_sentence: The crater on Pluto, known as Elliot, is named after James L. Elliot.