List of geological features on 52246 Donaldjohanson

Last updated October 29, 2025

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 toe 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

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

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[NASA20250702-1] Morton, Erin (2 July 2025). "NASA's Lucy Mission Provides Full View of Asteroid Donaldjohanson". NASA. Retrieved 28 October 2025.

[SWRI20251001-2] "Features on asteroid visited by SwRI-led Lucy spacecraft given official names". Southwest Research Institute. 1 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.

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