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Feature Type: Crater, craters

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Feature Name
Target
Diameter
Center Latitude
Center Longitude
Feature Type
Approval Date
Origin
8 Homeward Moon 12.52 -12.02 97.09 Crater, craters Oct 05, 2018 Crater visible in the iconic “Earthrise” colour photograph, taken aboard Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24, 1968, symbolizes the safe return to Earth of Apollo 8. The crater was previously designated Ganskiy (Hansky) M.
Abbe Moon 63.98 -57.58 174.77 Crater, craters 1970 Ernst Karl; German optician, physicist, astronomer (1840-1905).
Abbot Moon 10.40 5.56 54.74 Crater, craters 1973 Charles Greeley; American astrophysicist (1872-1973).
[Abduh] Moon 0.00 14.70 39.00 Crater, craters - Mohammed; Egyptian writer (1849-1905).
Abel Moon 137.35 -34.63 85.78 Crater, craters 1964 Niels Henrik; Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829).
Abenezra Moon 43.19 -20.99 11.89 Crater, craters 1935 Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra; Spanish mathematician, astronomer (1092-1164/1167).
Abetti Moon 1.60 20.11 27.82 Crater, craters 1976 Antonio; Italian astronomer (1846-1928); Giorgio; Italian astronomer (1882-1982).
Abulfeda Moon 62.23 -13.87 13.91 Crater, craters 1935 Ismail Ibn Abū al-Fidā; Syrian geographer (1273-1331).
Abul Wáfa Moon 54.18 0.96 116.63 Crater, craters 1970 Abū al-Wafā al-Būzajāni; Persian mathematician, astronomer (940-998).
Acosta Moon 13.06 -5.65 60.14 Crater, craters 1976 Cristobal; Portuguese doctor, natural historian (1515-1580).
Adams Moon 63.27 -31.89 68.39 Crater, craters 1970 John Couch; British astronomer (1819-1892); Charles Hitchcock; American astronomer (1868-1951); Walter Sydney; American astronomer (1876-1956).
Aepinus Moon 16.74 87.96 -109.69 Crater, craters Jan 22, 2009 Franz Maria Ulrich Theodor Hoch; German-Russian astronomer (1724-1802).
Agatharchides Moon 51.98 -19.85 -31.11 Crater, craters 1935 Agatharchides of Cnidos; Greek geographer (c. 116 B.C.).
Agrippa Moon 43.75 4.10 10.47 Crater, craters 1935 Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. A.D. 92).
Airy Moon 38.90 -18.14 5.61 Crater, craters 1935 George Biddell; British astronomer (1801-1892).
Aitken Moon 129.69 -16.44 172.96 Crater, craters 1970 Robert Grant; American astronomer (1864-1951).
Akis Moon 2.28 20.01 -31.76 Crater, craters 1976 Greek female name.
Alan Moon 1.44 -10.93 -6.17 Crater, craters 1976 Irish male name.
Al-Bakri Moon 12.21 14.34 20.25 Crater, craters 1976 Abū Ubayd Abdallāh Ibn abd al-Azīz Ibn Muhammad; Spanish-Arab geographer (1010-1094).
Albategnius Moon 130.84 -11.24 4.01 Crater, craters 1935 Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Battānī; Arab astronomer, mathematician (c. 858-929).
Albert Moon 0.10 38.32 -35.01 Crater, craters Jun 14, 2012 Male name of German origin (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature).
Al-Biruni Moon 80.41 18.07 92.62 Crater, craters 1970 Abū ar-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Birūnī; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048).
Alden Moon 111.44 -23.51 111.11 Crater, craters 1970 Harold Lee; American astronomer (1890-1964).
Alder Moon 82.12 -48.63 -177.88 Crater, craters 1979 Kurt; German organic chemist; Nobel laureate (1902-1958).
Aldrin Moon 2.80 1.41 22.09 Crater, craters 1970 Edwin Eugene, Jr. ("Buzz"); American astronaut (1930-Live).
Alekhin Moon 74.82 -67.94 -131.85 Crater, craters 1970 Nikolaj Pavlovich; Soviet rocket designer, engineer (1913-1964).
Alexander Moon 94.80 40.25 13.69 Crater, craters 1935 Alexander the Great, of Macedon; Greek geographer (356-323 B.C.).
Alfraganus Moon 20.52 -5.42 18.97 Crater, craters 1935 Al-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbās Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathīr; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840).
Alhazen Moon 34.65 15.91 71.83 Crater, craters 1935 Abū Ali Al-Hasan Ibn Al Haitham; Iraqi mathematician (987-1038).
Aliacensis Moon 79.65 -30.60 5.13 Crater, craters 1935 D'Ailly, Pierre; French geographer (1350-1420).
Al-Khwarizmi Moon 56.25 7.02 107.01 Crater, craters 1973 Abū Ja'far Muhammad Ibn Mūsā; Iraqi mathematician (unkn-after 847).
Almanon Moon 47.76 -16.85 15.14 Crater, craters 1935 Abdalla Al Mamun; Persian astronomer (786-833).
Al-Marrakushi Moon 8.57 -10.45 55.77 Crater, craters 1976 Abū `Ali al-Hasan Ibn `Ali al-Marrakushi; Moroccan astronomer, mathematician (fl. c. A.D. 1281/1282).
Aloha Moon 2.55 29.79 -53.88 Crater, craters 1976 Hawaiian female first name.
Alpetragius Moon 40.02 -16.05 -4.51 Crater, craters 1935 Al-Bitrūjī Al-Ishbīlī, Abū Ishāq; Spanish astronomer (unkn-c. 1100).
Alphonsus Moon 110.54 -13.39 -2.85 Crater, craters 1935 Alfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284).
Alter Moon 64.73 18.74 -107.80 Crater, craters 1970 Dinsmore; American astronomer, meteorologist (1888-1968).
Ameghino Moon 9.20 3.30 57.04 Crater, craters 1976 Fiorino (or Florentino); Argentine paleontologist and anthropologist (1854-1911).
Amici Moon 52.03 -10.06 -172.23 Crater, craters 1970 Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer, optician (1786-1863).
Ammonius Moon 8.55 -8.52 -0.83 Crater, craters 1976 Greek philosopher (unkn.-c. A.D. 517-526).
Amontons Moon 2.47 -5.34 46.78 Crater, craters 1976 Guillaume; French physicist (1663-1705).
Amundsen Moon 103.39 -84.44 83.07 Crater, craters 1964 Roald Engelbregt Gravning; Norwegian explorer (1872-1928).
Anaxagoras Moon 51.90 73.48 -10.17 Crater, craters 1935 Greek astronomer (500-428 B.C.).
Anaximander Moon 68.71 66.97 -51.44 Crater, craters 1935 Greek astronomer (c. 611-547 B.C.).
Anaximenes Moon 81.12 72.49 -44.98 Crater, craters 1935 Greek astronomer (585-528 B.C.).
Anděl Moon 32.93 -10.41 12.38 Crater, craters 1935 Karel; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1884-1948).
Anders Moon 41.33 -41.31 -143.30 Crater, craters 1970 William Alison; American astronaut (1933-Live).
Anders' Earthrise Moon 40.15 -11.73 100.47 Crater, craters Oct 05, 2018 Crater visible in the foreground of the iconic “Earthrise” colour photograph, taken aboard Apollo 8 by W. A. Anders on December 24, 1968, showing the Earth and part of the Moon’s surface. The crater was previously designated Pasteur T.
Anderson Moon 105.33 15.50 170.79 Crater, craters 1970 John August; American astronomer (1876-1959).
Andersson Moon 13.42 -49.95 -95.46 Crater, craters 1985 Leif Erland; American astronomer (1943-1979).
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