[1] Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in 2008.

In 2022, in order to oppose bias in planetary naming,[2] it was reattributed to be named for Czech poet, journalist, writer, and art critic Jan Neruda, who lived from 1834 to 1891, and Czech classical composer Johann Baptist Georg Neruda, who lived from circa 1708 to circa 1780.

[3] To the northeast of Neruda is Sher-Gil crater.

Further to the northwest are Grainger and Beckett craters.

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