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