page_title: Planetary nomenclature
section_title: Phoebe
hierarchical_section_title: Planetary nomenclature / Categories for naming features on planets and satellites / Satellites of Saturn / Phoebe
caption_attribution_description: English: Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute, URL: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA06117 (via http://www.spaceflightnow.com/cassini/050224phoebecraters.html )
context_page_description: Planetary nomenclature, like terrestrial nomenclature, is a system of uniquely identifying features on the surface of a planet or natural satellite so that the features can be easily located, described, and discussed. Since the invention of the telescope, astronomers have given names to the surface features they have discerned, especially on the Moon and Mars. To standardize planetary nomenclature, the International Astronomical Union was assigned in 1919 the task of selecting official names for features on Solar System bodies.
caption: Examples of crater nomenclature on Phoebe
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