Hungarian names in space

Several space objects and features have been named after Hungarian people or things in Hungary. These include planetary features on Mars and Venus, asteroids and exoplanets.

Moon

• Béla (crater)
• Bolyai (crater)
• Eötvös (crater)
• Fényi (crater)
• Hell (crater)
• Von Békésy (crater)
• Hédervári (crater)
• Izsak (crater)
• Petzval (crater)
• Szilard (crater)
• Von Kármán (lunar crater)
• Weinek (crater)
• Zach (crater)
• Zsigmondy (crater)

Mercury

• Bartók (crater)
• Jókai (crater)
• Kertész (crater)
• Liszt (crater)
• Munkácsy (crater)
• Petőfi (crater)

Venus

• Erica crater
• Klafsky crater
• Margit crater
• Orczy crater
• Tünde crater

Mars

• Von Kármán (Martian crater)
• Bak crater
• Eger crater
• Igal crater
• Kalocsa crater
• Paks crater

Asteroids

• 1546 Izsák

Exoplanets

• Magor

External links

• https://mtklub.blog.hu/2007/01/19/hires_magyarokrol_elnevezett_kraterek_a_holdon
• https://hirmagazin.sulinet.hu/hu/tudomany/magyarok_a_vilagurben
• https://www.csillagaszat.hu/csilltort/magyar-csillagaszattortenet/magyar-altalanos/magyar-kraterek-a-marson/