![]() ![]() Colles (small hills or knobs) are named for characters, while montes (mountains) are named for mountains of Middle-earth. įurther information: List of geological features on Titanīy convention, certain classes of features on Saturn's moon Titan are named after elements from Middle-earth. ![]() The trans-Neptunian object 174567 Varda and its moon Ilmarë were discovered in 20 (respectively) and named in 2014.The Mars-crossing asteroid 378214 Sauron was discovered in 2007.It is named after the shadow lands in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which it resembles in shape. Mordor Macula is the unofficial name of a large dark area near the north pole of Charon, Pluto's largest moon.The nickname "Eye of Sauron" has been given to multiple eye-like objects, namely the planetary nebulae M 1-42 and Helix Nebula, the star system HR 4796A, and the intermediate spiral Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151. ![]() Earendel, the most-distant known star.Balrog Macula is the largest of the series of equatorial dark regions on Pluto.The Kuiper Belt object 385446 Manwë and its moon Thorondor were discovered in 2003.The asteroids 2991 Bilbo and 2675 Tolkien were both discovered and named in 1982.Tolkien (1892–1973) and the names of fictional characters and places he invented for his legendarium have had a substantial impact on culture, and have become the namesakes of various things around and outside the world, including street names, mountains, companies, species of animals and plants, asteroids, and other notable objects.Īstronomy "Eye of Sauron": dust ring around HR 4796A ![]()
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