Identifying Planetary Names in Astronomy Papers: A Multi-Step Approach

Understand

The automatic identification of planetary feature names in astronomy publications presents numerous challenges.

• These features include craters, defined as roughly circular depressions resulting from impact or volcanic activity; dorsas, which are elongate raised structures or wrinkle ridges; and lacus, small irregular patches of dark, smooth material on the Moon, referred to as "lake" (Planetary Names Working Group, n.d.).
• Many feature names overlap with places or people's names that they are named after, for example, Syria, Tempe, Einstein, and Sagan, to name a few (U.S.
• Geological Survey, n.d.).