The Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, maintained by the US Geological Survey's Astrogeology Science Center on behalf of the International Astronomical Union's own Working Group, is the standing official record of every approved planetary and satellite feature name; it carries no single publication year because it is a continuously maintained database rather than a dated publication. Its strength is that it was checked directly for this record: no Saturn satellite of any designation is named Coeus, and Saturn XXXIV is recorded as Polydeuces, named in January 2005. Its limit is the ordinary one for any live database: its content can and does change as the IAU approves new names, so a citation reflects the record as checked.
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Tier one: the standing official record of every approved planetary and satellite feature name, maintained by the US Geological Survey's Astrogeology Science Center on behalf of the IAU's own Working Group, checked directly for this record confirming no Saturn satellite is named Coeus. Its limit is the ordinary one for any live database: its content can and does change as the IAU approves new names, so a citation reflects the record as checked. NotesThe standing official record of every planetary and satellite feature name the International Astronomical Union has approved, maintained by the USGS Astrogeology Science Center on the Working Group's behalf. Checked directly: no Saturn satellite of any designation is named Coeus; Saturn XXXIV is recorded as Polydeuces, named January 2005.
Citation
AuthorUnited States Geological Survey, Astrogeology Science Center, for the IAU Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature
PublisherUnited States Geological Survey
URLhttps://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/
Source TypeInstitutional database
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Coeus, Deities This source names Coeus directly: "satellite of any designation is named Coeus, and Saturn XXXIV is recorded as Polydeuces, named in January 2005."
This source names Saturn directly: "Its strength is that it was checked directly for this record: no Saturn satellite of any designation is named Coeus, and Saturn XXXIV is recorded as Polydeuces, named in January 2005."
Claims Backed By This Source (11 claims)
This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 7 well-attested, 1 popular myth - corrected. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 popular myth - corrected.
- Deities, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Popular myth - corrected
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