List of extraterrestrial dune fields

Tree-like dunes on Mars. Groups of dark brown streaks have been photographed by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on melting pinkish sand dunes covered with light frost. The image was taken near the North Pole of Mars, spring 2010. Objects about 25 centimetres across are resolved on this image, which is about one kilometre wide. Close ups of some parts of this image show billowing plumes indicating that the sand slides were occurring at the time of the photo; see center left.

This is a list of dune fields not on Earth which have been given official names by the International Astronomical Union. Dune fields are named according to the IAU's rules of planetary nomenclature. The relevant descriptor term is undae. As of now, the only two Solar System planets, besides Earth, with named dune fields are Venus and Mars. Dune fields have also been discovered on Saturn's moon Titan,[1] Pluto[2][3] and comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.[4]

  1. ^ "Titan's Seas Are Sand, Cassini's Images Of Saturn's Moon Show". Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  2. ^ Telfer, M.W.; Parteli, E.R.J.; Radebaugh, J.; et al. (1 June 2018). "Dunes on Pluto". Science. 360 (6392): 992–997. Bibcode:2018Sci...360..992T. doi:10.1126/science.aao2975. PMID 29853681.
  3. ^ Hayes, A.G. (1 June 2018). "Dunes across the Solar System". Science. 360 (6392): 960–961. Bibcode:2018Sci...360..960H. doi:10.1126/science.aat7488. PMID 29853671. S2CID 44138724.
  4. ^ Jia, P.; B. Andreotti; P. Claudin (March 2017). "Giant ripples on comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko sculpted by sunset thermal wind". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114 (10): 2509–2514. arXiv:1703.02592. Bibcode:2017PNAS..114.2509J. doi:10.1073/pnas.1612176114. PMC 5347604. PMID 28223535.