List of geological features on 52246 Donaldjohanson

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.[1] Its surface features are named after major paleoanthropological sites and discoveries, and names are adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).[2]

Colli

Feature Coordinates Named After Approval
Windover Collum 20°N 140°W Windover Pond, archaeological site in Florida, United States 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN

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 · WGPSN
Narmada 22.52°N 39.35°W 0.01 Narmada River valley, India, site of the Narmada Human 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN

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 · WGPSN

Lobi

Feature Diameter (km) Named After Approval
Afar Lobus 3.4 Afar Triangle, region that hosts many archaeological sites 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN
Olduvai Lobus 5.4 Olduvai Gorge, major archaeological site in Tanzania 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN

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 · WGPSN
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 · WGPSN

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 · WGPSN
Cashel Saxum 28.4°N 51.8°W Cashel, County Laois, Ireland, site of the Cashel Man 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN
Kennewick Saxum 14.2°N 39.4°W Kennewick, Washington, United States, site of the Kennewick Man 27 Aug 2025 · WGPSN

References

  1. ^ Morton, Erin (2 July 2025). "NASA's Lucy Mission Provides Full View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson". NASA. Archived from the original on 13 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Features on asteroid visited by SwRI-led Lucy spacecraft given official names". Southwest Research Institute. 1 October 2025. Archived from the original on 5 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
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