Though some have been improved a lot by others:
This is just a memory helper. I'm not sure whether it qualifies for a stand-alone article.
![]() | This list is
incomplete; you can help by
adding missing items. |
type | name | named after |
---|---|---|
Star | HD164604 Pincoya | Pincoya, a female water spirit from southern mythology |
Exoplanet | HD164604b Caleuche | Caleuche, a ghost ship from southern mythology |
Dwarf Planet | Makemake | Easter Island deity Make-Make, since it was discovered shortly after Easter |
Moon of Uranus | Setebos | Fictional divinity in Shakespeare's The Tempest, reportedly inspired by Kóoch, a Tehuelche divinity also known as Setebos or Setibos. [1] [2] |
Asteroid | 1973 Colocolo | Colocolo |
Asteroid | 1974 Caupolican | Caupolican |
Asteroid | 1992 Galvarino | Galvarino |
Asteroid | 2187 La Silla | Cerrlo La Silla [3], home to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
Asteroid | 2351 O'Higgins | Bernardo O'Higgins |
Asteroid | 2644 Victor Jara | Víctor Jara |
Asteroid | 2741 Valdivia | Pedro de Valdivia |
Asteroid | 2976 Lautaro | Lautaro |
Asteroid | 3495 Colchagua | Colchagua |
Asteroid | 4055 Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan |
Asteroid | 4636 Chile | Chile [4] |
Non periodic-comet | C/1981 M1 (Gonzalez) | Astronomer Luis Eduardo González (link to Spanish Wikipedia article) |
Asteroid | 6836 Paranal | Cerro Paranal [4], home to de VLT |
Asteroid and Comet | 7968 Elst–Pizarro | Co-discoverer Guido Pizarro, Chilean astronomer [5] |
Asteroid | 11335 Santiago | Santiago |
Asteroid | 261690 Jodorowsky | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Crater on Mercury | Mistral | Gabriela Mistral |
Crater on Mercury | Neruda | Pablo Neruda [note 1] |
Crater on Mercury | Bello | Andrés Bello |
Crater on Venus | Parra | Apparently Nicanor Parra [note 2] [6] |
Crater on Mars | Gatico | Gatico, ghost town near Tocopilla [note 3] [7] |
Crater on Mars | Lebu | Lebu |
Crater on Mars | Lota | Lota |
Crater on Mars | Pica | Pica |
Crater on Mars | Rengo | Rengo |
Crater on Mars | Toconao | Toconao |
Patera
[note 4] on
Io
( Jupiter moon) |
Pillan Patera | Pillán |
Mountain on Io | Pillan Mons | Pillán |
Bay on
Titan
( Saturn moon) |
Patos sinus, in | Enten fyord, known in Spanish as Seno Patos |
Lake on Titan | Atacama Lacuna | Atacama Desert |
Crater on
Umbriel
( Uranus moon) |
Setibos | Explicitly after the Tehuelche divinity (see Setebos, moon of Uranus, above) |
Chasma [note 5] on Charon | Caleuche Chasma | Caleuche, a legendary ghost ship |
Although centered on modern-day Peru, the incas expanded to the Maule river at its height in the 15th century, conquering most of northern and central Chile.
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adding missing items. |
No asteroids or minor planets yet in the list. Can be searched by name here.
type | name | named after |
---|---|---|
Mount on Venus | Copacati Mons [8] | Copacati, lake goddess. |
Corona on Venus | Pachamama Corona | Pachamama, Earth goddess. |
Chasma in Venus | Quilla Chasma | Mama Killa (also spelled Quilla due to Spanish influence), moon goddess. |
Valley on Mars | Auqakuh Vallis | Word for 'Mars' in Quechua (Inca). |
Crater on Ceres | Coniraya | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation. [9] |
Patera on Io | Inti Patera | Inti, sun god. |
Patera on Io | Cataquil Patera | Catequil or Cataquil, god of thunder and lightning. |
Patera on Io | Viracocha Patera | Viracocha, Quechua sun god. |
Patera on Io | Nina Patera | Nina, fire god [10]. |
Crater on
Rhea
( Saturn moon) |
Pachacamac | Pachacamac, supreme god, "Earth maker." [11] |
Crater on Rhea | Arunaka | Arunaka, creator of all things. [12] |
Crater on Rhea | Con | Con, coastal creator god. [13] |
Crater on Rhea | Iraca | Iraca, creator god who became the moon. [14] |
Crater on Rhea | Thunupa | Thunupa, creator of all things. [15] |
Crater on
Ariel
( Uranus moon) |
Laica | Laica, good spirit. [16] |
Though some have been improved a lot by others:
This is just a memory helper. I'm not sure whether it qualifies for a stand-alone article.
![]() | This list is
incomplete; you can help by
adding missing items. |
type | name | named after |
---|---|---|
Star | HD164604 Pincoya | Pincoya, a female water spirit from southern mythology |
Exoplanet | HD164604b Caleuche | Caleuche, a ghost ship from southern mythology |
Dwarf Planet | Makemake | Easter Island deity Make-Make, since it was discovered shortly after Easter |
Moon of Uranus | Setebos | Fictional divinity in Shakespeare's The Tempest, reportedly inspired by Kóoch, a Tehuelche divinity also known as Setebos or Setibos. [1] [2] |
Asteroid | 1973 Colocolo | Colocolo |
Asteroid | 1974 Caupolican | Caupolican |
Asteroid | 1992 Galvarino | Galvarino |
Asteroid | 2187 La Silla | Cerrlo La Silla [3], home to the European Southern Observatory (ESO) |
Asteroid | 2351 O'Higgins | Bernardo O'Higgins |
Asteroid | 2644 Victor Jara | Víctor Jara |
Asteroid | 2741 Valdivia | Pedro de Valdivia |
Asteroid | 2976 Lautaro | Lautaro |
Asteroid | 3495 Colchagua | Colchagua |
Asteroid | 4055 Magellan | Ferdinand Magellan |
Asteroid | 4636 Chile | Chile [4] |
Non periodic-comet | C/1981 M1 (Gonzalez) | Astronomer Luis Eduardo González (link to Spanish Wikipedia article) |
Asteroid | 6836 Paranal | Cerro Paranal [4], home to de VLT |
Asteroid and Comet | 7968 Elst–Pizarro | Co-discoverer Guido Pizarro, Chilean astronomer [5] |
Asteroid | 11335 Santiago | Santiago |
Asteroid | 261690 Jodorowsky | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Crater on Mercury | Mistral | Gabriela Mistral |
Crater on Mercury | Neruda | Pablo Neruda [note 1] |
Crater on Mercury | Bello | Andrés Bello |
Crater on Venus | Parra | Apparently Nicanor Parra [note 2] [6] |
Crater on Mars | Gatico | Gatico, ghost town near Tocopilla [note 3] [7] |
Crater on Mars | Lebu | Lebu |
Crater on Mars | Lota | Lota |
Crater on Mars | Pica | Pica |
Crater on Mars | Rengo | Rengo |
Crater on Mars | Toconao | Toconao |
Patera
[note 4] on
Io
( Jupiter moon) |
Pillan Patera | Pillán |
Mountain on Io | Pillan Mons | Pillán |
Bay on
Titan
( Saturn moon) |
Patos sinus, in | Enten fyord, known in Spanish as Seno Patos |
Lake on Titan | Atacama Lacuna | Atacama Desert |
Crater on
Umbriel
( Uranus moon) |
Setibos | Explicitly after the Tehuelche divinity (see Setebos, moon of Uranus, above) |
Chasma [note 5] on Charon | Caleuche Chasma | Caleuche, a legendary ghost ship |
Although centered on modern-day Peru, the incas expanded to the Maule river at its height in the 15th century, conquering most of northern and central Chile.
![]() | This list is
incomplete; you can help by
adding missing items. |
No asteroids or minor planets yet in the list. Can be searched by name here.
type | name | named after |
---|---|---|
Mount on Venus | Copacati Mons [8] | Copacati, lake goddess. |
Corona on Venus | Pachamama Corona | Pachamama, Earth goddess. |
Chasma in Venus | Quilla Chasma | Mama Killa (also spelled Quilla due to Spanish influence), moon goddess. |
Valley on Mars | Auqakuh Vallis | Word for 'Mars' in Quechua (Inca). |
Crater on Ceres | Coniraya | Inca god who was responsible for the system of agricultural terracing and irrigation. [9] |
Patera on Io | Inti Patera | Inti, sun god. |
Patera on Io | Cataquil Patera | Catequil or Cataquil, god of thunder and lightning. |
Patera on Io | Viracocha Patera | Viracocha, Quechua sun god. |
Patera on Io | Nina Patera | Nina, fire god [10]. |
Crater on
Rhea
( Saturn moon) |
Pachacamac | Pachacamac, supreme god, "Earth maker." [11] |
Crater on Rhea | Arunaka | Arunaka, creator of all things. [12] |
Crater on Rhea | Con | Con, coastal creator god. [13] |
Crater on Rhea | Iraca | Iraca, creator god who became the moon. [14] |
Crater on Rhea | Thunupa | Thunupa, creator of all things. [15] |
Crater on
Ariel
( Uranus moon) |
Laica | Laica, good spirit. [16] |