The IAU (International Astronomical Union) is responsible for naming planets, satellites, and their characteristics; they are divided into themes; some examples: Moon – large craters: scholars, artists, scientists; Moon – small craters: common first names; Venus – linae: goddesses of war; Venus – Dunes: goddesses of the desert; Venus – terrae: goddesses of love; Mercury – valleys: parts of the radio telescope; Mars – large valleys: names of Mars in various languages; Europa (Jupiter): places and circles from Celtic mythology; Tethys (Saturn): Homer’s Odyssey; Titan (Saturn): ancient, vanished cultures; Hyperion (Saturn): deities of the Sun and Moon; Miranda (Uranus): characters and places from Shakespeare; Titania (Uranus): female characters from Shakespeare
