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Articles I've created

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Though some have been improved a lot by others:

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This is just a memory helper. I'm not sure whether it qualifies for a stand-alone article.

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

Ligeia Mare

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
  1. ^ There is also an asteroid named 1875 Neruda, not named after the Chilean Nobel laureate, but, surprisingly enough, some other poet (JK, he was the original poet Pablo Neruda took his artistic name from).
  2. ^ Official IAU site only says Parra is named after a Chilean writer, not the name.
  3. ^ Listed as dropped by the IAU.
  4. ^ Shallow circular superficial feature, or complex crater with scalloped edges
  5. ^ Canyon-like feature

Named after Incan deities and concepts

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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.

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]

References

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  1. ^ "NASA Solar System Exploration - Setebos: Overview". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  2. ^ "Los Tehuelches" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  3. ^ "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 2187 La Silla (1976 UH)". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  4. ^ a b "Citapla". Retrieved 2015-07-28. citing Schmadel, Lutz (1992). Dictionary of Minor Planet Names. New York: Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642019647. Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  5. ^ Eicher, David (2013). COMETS!: Visitors from Deep Space. New York: Cambridge University Press. p. 133. ISBN 9781107622777. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  6. ^ "Craters: Parra on Venus". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  7. ^ "Gatico, un pueblo extinto". Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  8. ^ "Planetary Names: Mons, montes: Copacati Mons on Venus". Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  9. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Coniraya on Ceres". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  10. ^ "Planetary Names: Patera, paterae: Nina Patera on Io". Retrieved 2015-07-27.
  11. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Pachacamac on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  12. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Arunaka on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  13. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Con on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  14. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Iraca on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  15. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Thunupa on Rhea". Retrieved 2015-07-28.
  16. ^ "Planetary Names: Crater, craters: Laica on Ariel". Retrieved 2015-07-28.