List of craters on the Moon: G–K
The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the diameter of the crater and the person the crater is named for.[1] Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.
List of craters on the Moon | |||||
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A · B · C · D · E · F · G · H · I · J · K · L · M · N · O · P · Q · R · S · T · U · V · W · X · Y · Z |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Bond | 32°23′N 36°19′E / 32.39°N 36.32°E | 19.05 | 1935 | George Phillips Bond (1826–1865) | WGPSN |
Gadomski | 36°13′N 147°22′W / 36.21°N 147.36°W | 65.66 | 1970 | Jan Gadomski (1889–1966) | WGPSN |
Gagarin | 19°40′S 149°21′E / 19.66°S 149.35°E | 261.83 | 1970 | Yuri Gagarin (1934–1968) | WGPSN |
Galen | 21°57′N 4°58′E / 21.95°N 4.96°E | 9.18 | 1973 | Claudius Galen (c. 129–200) | WGPSN |
Galilaei | 10°29′N 62°50′W / 10.48°N 62.83°W | 15.99 | 1935 | Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) | WGPSN |
Galle | 55°52′N 22°20′E / 55.87°N 22.33°E | 20.96 | 1935 | Johann Gottfried Galle (1812–1910) | WGPSN |
Galois | 13°56′S 152°59′W / 13.94°S 152.99°W | 231.97 | 1970 | Évariste Galois (1811–1832) | WGPSN |
Galvani | 49°31′N 84°34′W / 49.51°N 84.56°W | 76.83 | 1961 | Luigi Galvani (1737–1798) | WGPSN |
Gambart | 0°55′N 15°14′W / 0.92°N 15.24°W | 24.68 | 1935 | Jean Félix Adolphe Gambart (1800–1836) | WGPSN |
Gamow | 65°17′N 144°39′E / 65.29°N 144.65°E | 113.92 | 1970 | George Gamow (1904–1968) | WGPSN |
Ganskiy | 9°38′S 97°00′E / 9.64°S 97°E | 42.11 | 1970 | (1870–1908) | WGPSN |
Ganswindt | 79°25′S 111°10′E / 79.42°S 111.17°E | 77.52 | 1970 | Hermann Ganswindt (1856–1934) | WGPSN |
Garavito | 47°13′S 156°47′E / 47.21°S 156.78°E | 81.05 | 1970 | Julio Garavito Armero (1865–1920) | WGPSN |
Gardner | 17°45′N 33°49′E / 17.75°N 33.81°E | 17.62 | 1976 | Irvine Clifton Gardner (1889–1972) | WGPSN |
Gärtner | 59°14′N 34°46′E / 59.24°N 34.76°E | 101.79 | 1935 | Christian Gärtner (c. 1750–1813) | WGPSN |
Gassendi | 17°33′S 39°58′W / 17.55°S 39.96°W | 111.39 | 1935 | Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) | WGPSN |
Gaston | 30°53′N 33°58′W / 30.88°N 33.96°W | 2.02 | 1979 | (French male name) | WGPSN |
Gaudibert | 10°56′S 37°49′E / 10.93°S 37.82°E | 33.14 | 1935 | Casimir Marie Gaudibert (1823–1901) | WGPSN |
Gauricus | 33°55′S 12°44′W / 33.91°S 12.74°W | 79.64 | 1935 | Luca Gaurico (1476–1558) | WGPSN |
Gauss | 36°01′N 79°05′E / 36.01°N 79.08°E | 170.72 | 1935 | Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) | WGPSN |
Gavrilov | 17°25′N 131°13′E / 17.41°N 131.22°E | 61.62 | 1970 | (1884–1955) and (1928–1982) | WGPSN |
Gay-Lussac | 13°53′N 20°47′W / 13.88°N 20.79°W | 25.4 | 1935 | Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac (1778–1850) | WGPSN |
Geber | 19°28′S 13°51′E / 19.46°S 13.85°E | 44.68 | 1935 | Jabir ibn Aflah (1100–1150) | WGPSN |
Geiger | 14°23′S 158°25′E / 14.39°S 158.41°E | 36.63 | 1970 | Johannes Hans Wilhelm Geiger (1882–1945) | WGPSN |
Geissler | 2°36′S 76°31′E / 2.6°S 76.51°E | 17.39 | 1976 | Heinrich Geissler (1814–1879) | WGPSN |
Geminus | 34°25′N 56°40′E / 34.42°N 56.66°E | 81.98 | 1935 | Geminus (unknown-circa 70 BC) | WGPSN |
Gemma Frisius | 34°20′S 13°22′E / 34.33°S 13.37°E | 88.54 | 1935 | Gemma Frisius (1508–1555) | WGPSN |
Gena | 38°18′N 35°00′W / 38.3°N 35°W | 0.2 | 2012 | Russian male name | WGPSN |
Gerard | 44°32′N 80°31′W / 44.54°N 80.51°W | 98.78 | 1935 | Alexander Gerard (1792–1839) | WGPSN |
Gerasimovich | 22°57′S 123°25′W / 22.95°S 123.42°W | 90.19 | 1970 | Boris P. Gerasimovich (1889–1937) | WGPSN |
Gernsback | 36°32′S 99°32′E / 36.53°S 99.53°E | 47.2 | 1970 | Hugo Gernsback (1884–1967) | WGPSN |
Gibbs | 18°22′S 84°16′E / 18.37°S 84.27°E | 78.76 | 1964 | Josiah Willard Gibbs (1839–1903) | WGPSN |
Gilbert | 3°12′S 76°10′E / 3.2°S 76.16°E | 100.25 | 1964 | Grove Karl Gilbert (1843–1918) and William Gilbert (1544–1603) | WGPSN |
Gill | 63°46′S 75°57′E / 63.77°S 75.95°E | 63.9 | 1964 | David Gill (astronomer) (1843–1914) | WGPSN |
Ginzel | 14°15′N 97°24′E / 14.25°N 97.4°E | 53.23 | 1970 | Friedrich Karl Ginzel (1850–1926) | WGPSN |
Gioja | 83°21′N 1°46′E / 83.35°N 1.76°E | 42.47 | 1935 | Flavio Gioja (flourished 1302) | WGPSN |
Giordano Bruno | 35°58′N 102°53′E / 35.97°N 102.89°E | 22.13 | 1961 | Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) | WGPSN |
Glaisher | 13°11′N 49°20′E / 13.19°N 49.34°E | 15.92 | 1935 | James Glaisher (1809–1903) | WGPSN |
Glauber | 11°19′N 142°40′E / 11.32°N 142.67°E | 15.24 | 1976 | Johann Rudolf Glauber (c. 1603–1670) | WGPSN |
Glazenap | 1°51′S 137°46′E / 1.85°S 137.76°E | 38.96 | 1970 | Sergej Pavlovich von Glazenap (1848–1937) | WGPSN |
Glushko | 8°07′N 77°40′W / 8.11°N 77.67°W | 40.1 | 1994 | Valentin Petrovitch Glushko (1908–1989) | WGPSN |
Goclenius | 10°03′S 45°02′E / 10.05°S 45.03°E | 73.04 | 1935 | Rudolf Goclenius, Jr. (1572–1621) | WGPSN |
Goddard | 15°09′N 89°08′E / 15.15°N 89.13°E | 93.18 | 1964 | Robert H. Goddard (1882–1945) | WGPSN |
Godin | 1°49′N 10°10′E / 1.82°N 10.16°E | 34.25 | 1935 | Louis Godin (1704–1760) | WGPSN |
Goldschmidt | 73°02′N 3°22′W / 73.04°N 3.37°W | 115.26 | 1935 | Hermann Goldschmidt (1802–1866) | WGPSN |
Golgi | 27°47′N 59°58′W / 27.78°N 59.96°W | 5.58 | 1976 | Camillo Golgi (1843–1926) | WGPSN |
Golitsyn | 25°12′S 105°12′W / 25.2°S 105.2°W | 35.47 | 1970 | Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (1862–1916) | WGPSN |
Golovin | 39°45′N 161°14′E / 39.75°N 161.24°E | 37.86 | 1970 | (1912–1969) | WGPSN |
Goodacre | 32°40′S 14°05′E / 32.67°S 14.08°E | 44.09 | 1935 | Walter Goodacre (1856–1938) | WGPSN |
Gore | 86°11′N 62°19′W / 86.18°N 62.31°W | 9.41 | 2009 | John Ellard Gore (1845–1910) | WGPSN |
Gould | 19°16′S 17°15′W / 19.26°S 17.25°W | 32.99 | 1935 | Benjamin Apthorp Gould (1824–1896) | WGPSN |
Grace | 14°13′N 35°53′E / 14.21°N 35.89°E | 1.49 | 1979 | (English female name) | WGPSN |
Grachev | 3°50′S 108°25′W / 3.83°S 108.42°W | 34.98 | 1970 | (1900–1964) | WGPSN |
Graff | 42°18′S 88°43′W / 42.3°S 88.71°W | 36.16 | 1970 | Kasimir Romuald Graff (1878–1950) | WGPSN |
Grave | 17°02′S 150°14′E / 17.04°S 150.23°E | 36.95 | 1976 | Dmitry Aleksandrovich Grave (1863–1939) and Ivan Platonovich Grave (1874–1960) | WGPSN |
Greaves | 13°11′N 52°47′E / 13.18°N 52.79°E | 14.27 | 1976 | William Michael Herbert Greaves (1897–1955) | WGPSN |
Green | 3°41′N 133°07′E / 3.69°N 133.12°E | 68.28 | 1970 | George Green (1793–1841) | WGPSN |
Gregory | 1°46′N 127°17′E / 1.76°N 127.28°E | 63.9 | 1970 | James Gregory (1638–1675) | WGPSN |
Grigg | 12°30′N 130°08′W / 12.5°N 130.13°W | 36.72 | 1970 | John Grigg (1838–1920) | WGPSN |
Grimaldi | 5°23′S 68°22′W / 5.38°S 68.36°W | 173.49 | 1935 | Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618–1663) | WGPSN |
Grignard | 84°32′N 75°50′W / 84.54°N 75.83°W | 12.95 | 2009 | Victor Grignard (1871–1935) | WGPSN |
Grissom | 46°55′S 147°59′W / 46.92°S 147.98°W | 59.82 | 1970 | Virgil "Gus" I. Grissom (1926–1967) | WGPSN |
Grotrian | 66°09′S 128°17′E / 66.15°S 128.28°E | 36.78 | 1970 | Walter Grotrian (1890–1954) | WGPSN |
Grove | 40°18′N 32°59′E / 40.3°N 32.98°E | 28.55 | 1935 | Sir William Robert Grove (1811–1896) | WGPSN |
Gruemberger | 67°02′S 10°18′W / 67.04°S 10.3°W | 91.5 | 1935 | Christoph Grienberger (1561–1636) | WGPSN |
Gruithuisen | 32°53′N 39°47′W / 32.89°N 39.78°W | 14.98 | 1935 | Franz von Gruithuisen (1774–1852) | WGPSN |
Guericke | 11°34′S 14°11′W / 11.57°S 14.19°W | 60.75 | 1935 | Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) | WGPSN |
Guest | 19°47′S 117°23′E / 19.79°S 117.39°E | 19.79 | 2017 | John E. Guest (1938–2012) | WGPSN |
Guillaume | 45°10′N 173°23′W / 45.16°N 173.38°W | 56.75 | 1979 | Charles Édouard Guillaume (1861–1938) | WGPSN |
Gullstrand | 44°57′N 129°40′W / 44.95°N 129.67°W | 45.05 | 1970 | Allvar Gullstrand (1862–1930) | WGPSN |
Gum | 40°20′S 88°55′E / 40.34°S 88.91°E | 54.55 | 1970 | Colin Stanley Gum (1924–1960) | WGPSN |
Gutenberg | 8°37′S 41°15′E / 8.61°S 41.25°E | 70.65 | 1935 | Johann Gutenberg (c. 1398–1468) | WGPSN |
Guthnick | 47°46′S 94°02′W / 47.76°S 94.04°W | 37.03 | 1970 | Paul Guthnick (1879–1947) | WGPSN |
Guyot | 11°38′N 117°07′E / 11.63°N 117.12°E | 98.28 | 1970 | Arnold Henry Guyot (1807–1884) | WGPSN |
Gyldén | 5°22′S 0°14′E / 5.37°S 0.23°E | 48.15 | 1935 | Hugo Gyldén (1841–1896) | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
H. G. Wells | 40°50′N 122°38′E / 40.84°N 122.63°E | 108.9 | 1970 | H. G. Wells, writer (1866–1946) | WGPSN |
Haber | 83°24′N 94°38′W / 83.4°N 94.63°W | 56.79 | 2009 | Fritz Haber (1868–1934) | WGPSN |
Hagecius | 59°55′S 46°38′E / 59.92°S 46.63°E | 79.55 | 1935 | Tadeáš Hájek (1525–1600) | WGPSN |
Hagen | 48°19′S 135°57′E / 48.32°S 135.95°E | 57.52 | 1970 | Johann Georg Hagen (1847–1930) | WGPSN |
Hahn | 31°13′N 73°33′E / 31.22°N 73.55°E | 87.49 | 1935 | Friedrich von Hahn (1741–1805) and Otto Hahn (1879–1968) | WGPSN |
Haidinger | 39°11′S 25°08′W / 39.18°S 25.14°W | 21.33 | 1935 | Wilhelm Karl von Haidinger (1795–1871) | WGPSN |
Hainzel | 41°14′S 33°31′W / 41.23°S 33.52°W | 70.56 | 1935 | Paul Hainzel (flourished 1570) | WGPSN |
Haldane | 1°40′S 84°07′E / 1.66°S 84.11°E | 40.26 | 1973 | John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (1892–1964) | WGPSN |
Hale | 74°08′S 91°43′E / 74.13°S 91.71°E | 84.42 | 1964 | George Ellery Hale (1868–1938) and William Hale (1797–1870) | WGPSN |
Hall | 33°49′N 36°45′E / 33.81°N 36.75°E | 31.77 | 1935 | Asaph Hall (1829–1907) | WGPSN |
Halley | 8°03′S 5°44′E / 8.05°S 5.73°E | 34.59 | 1935 | Edmond Halley (1656–1742) | WGPSN |
Hamilton | 42°46′S 84°25′E / 42.77°S 84.41°E | 57.45 | 1964 | William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) | WGPSN |
Hanno | 56°28′S 71°23′E / 56.46°S 71.38°E | 59.54 | 1935 | Hanno the Navigator (circa 500 BC) | WGPSN |
Hansen | 14°02′N 72°32′E / 14.04°N 72.54°E | 41.18 | 1935 | Peter Andreas Hansen (1795–1874) | WGPSN |
Hansteen | 11°32′S 52°04′W / 11.53°S 52.06°W | 44.99 | 1935 | Christopher Hansteen (1784–1873) | WGPSN |
Harden | 5°28′N 143°33′E / 5.46°N 143.55°E | 14.98 | 1976 | Arthur Harden (1865–1940) | WGPSN |
Harding | 43°32′N 71°40′W / 43.54°N 71.66°W | 22.57 | 1935 | Karl Ludwig Harding (1765–1834) | WGPSN |
Haret | 58°46′S 176°11′W / 58.77°S 176.19°W | 29.77 | 1970 | Spiru Haret (1851–1912) | WGPSN |
Hargreaves | 2°11′S 64°05′E / 2.18°S 64.09°E | 18 | 1979 | Frederick James Hargreaves (1891–1970) | WGPSN |
Harkhebi | 40°52′N 98°44′E / 40.87°N 98.74°E | 337.14 | 1979 | Harkhebi (circa 300 BC) | WGPSN |
Harlan | 38°19′S 79°39′E / 38.31°S 79.65°E | 63.45 | 2000 | Harlan James Smith (1924–1991) | WGPSN |
Harold | 10°53′S 6°04′W / 10.88°S 6.07°W | 1.43 | 1976 | (Scandinavian male name) | WGPSN |
Harpalus | 52°44′N 43°29′W / 52.73°N 43.49°W | 39.77 | 1935 | Harpalus (unknown-circa 460 BC) | WGPSN |
Harriot | 33°12′N 114°24′E / 33.2°N 114.4°E | 52.77 | 1970 | Thomas Harriot (1560–1621) | WGPSN |
Hartmann | 2°43′N 135°27′E / 2.71°N 135.45°E | 63.29 | 1970 | Johannes Franz Hartmann (1865–1936) | WGPSN |
Hartwig | 6°08′S 80°28′W / 6.14°S 80.47°W | 78.46 | 1964 | Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (1851–1923) | WGPSN |
Harvey | 19°21′N 146°31′W / 19.35°N 146.51°W | 59.98 | 1970 | William Harvey (1578–1657) | WGPSN |
Hase | 29°22′S 62°41′E / 29.37°S 62.68°E | 82.08 | 1935 | Johann Matthias Hase (1684–1742) | WGPSN |
Haskin | 81°31′N 133°10′E / 81.51°N 133.16°E | 66.57 | 2009 | (1934–2005) | WGPSN |
Hatanaka | 29°20′N 121°55′W / 29.33°N 121.92°W | 30.15 | 1970 | Takeo Hatanaka (1914–1963) | WGPSN |
Hausen | 65°07′S 88°29′W / 65.11°S 88.49°W | 163.24 | 1961 | Christian August Hausen (1693–1743) | WGPSN |
Haworth | 87°27′S 5°10′W / 87.45°S 5.17°W | 51.42 | 2008 | Walter Norman Haworth (1883–1950) | WGPSN |
Hayford | 12°41′N 176°27′W / 12.68°N 176.45°W | 28.15 | 1970 | John Fillmore Hayford (1868–1925) | WGPSN |
Hayn | 64°34′N 83°52′E / 64.56°N 83.87°E | 86.21 | 1964 | Friedrich Hayn (1863–1928) | WGPSN |
Healy | 32°30′N 111°00′W / 32.5°N 111°W | 37.98 | 1970 | Roy Healy (1915–1968) | WGPSN |
Heaviside | 10°26′S 166°46′E / 10.44°S 166.77°E | 164.46 | 1970 | Oliver Heaviside (1850–1925) | WGPSN |
Hecataeus | 22°04′S 79°41′E / 22.06°S 79.68°E | 133.67 | 1935 | Hecataeus of Miletus (unknown-circa 476 BC) | WGPSN |
Hédervári | 81°46′S 85°36′E / 81.77°S 85.6°E | 74.14 | 1994 | Peter Hédervári (1931–1984) | WGPSN |
Hedin | 2°52′N 76°34′W / 2.87°N 76.57°W | 157.38 | 1964 | Sven Hedin (1865–1952) | WGPSN |
Heinrich | 24°50′N 15°22′W / 24.84°N 15.37°W | 6.86 | 1979 | (1884–1965) | WGPSN |
Heinsius | 39°29′S 17°49′W / 39.48°S 17.82°W | 64.87 | 1935 | Gottfried Heinsius (1709–1769) | WGPSN |
Heis | 32°28′N 31°59′W / 32.47°N 31.98°W | 13.69 | 1935 | Eduard Heis (1806–1877) | WGPSN |
Helberg | 22°38′N 102°28′W / 22.63°N 102.46°W | 61.93 | 1970 | Robert J. Helberg (1906–1967) | WGPSN |
Helicon | 40°26′N 23°07′W / 40.43°N 23.11°W | 23.74 | 1935 | Helicon (unknown-circa 400 BC) | WGPSN |
Hell | 32°25′S 7°48′W / 32.41°S 7.8°W | 33.31 | 1935 | Maximilian Hell (1720–1792) | WGPSN |
Helmert | 7°34′S 87°40′E / 7.56°S 87.67°E | 26.72 | 1973 | Friedrich Robert Helmert (1843–1917) | WGPSN |
Helmholtz | 68°38′S 65°20′E / 68.64°S 65.34°E | 110.16 | 1935 | Hermann von Helmholtz (1821–1894) | WGPSN |
Henderson | 4°46′N 152°00′E / 4.76°N 152°E | 43.49 | 1970 | Thomas Henderson (1798–1844) | WGPSN |
Hendrix | 46°52′S 159°58′W / 46.86°S 159.97°W | 16.63 | 1970 | Don Osgood Hendrix (1905–1961) | WGPSN |
Henry | 23°58′S 57°01′W / 23.97°S 57.01°W | 39.06 | 1970 | Joseph Henry (1792–1878) | WGPSN |
Henry Frères | 23°31′S 59°01′W / 23.52°S 59.02°W | 41.73 | 1961 | Paul Henry and Prosper Henry (1848–1905, 1849–1903) | WGPSN |
Henyey | 12°42′N 152°20′W / 12.7°N 152.33°W | 68.74 | 1970 | Louis G. Henyey (1910–1970) | WGPSN |
Heraclitus | 49°19′S 6°25′E / 49.31°S 6.42°E | 85.74 | 1935 | Heraclitus (c. 540–480 BC) | WGPSN |
Hercules | 46°49′N 39°13′E / 46.82°N 39.21°E | 68.32 | 1935 | Hercules | WGPSN |
Herigonius | 13°22′S 33°58′W / 13.36°S 33.97°W | 14.86 | 1935 | Pierre Herigone (flourished 1644) | WGPSN |
Hermann | 0°52′S 57°28′W / 0.87°S 57.47°W | 15.92 | 1935 | Jacob Hermann (1678–1733) | WGPSN |
Hermite | 86°10′N 93°19′W / 86.17°N 93.32°W | 108.64 | 1964 | Charles Hermite (1822–1901) | WGPSN |
Herodotus | 23°15′N 49°50′W / 23.25°N 49.84°W | 35.87 | 1935 | Herodotus (c. 484–408 BC) | WGPSN |
Heron | 0°39′N 119°53′E / 0.65°N 119.88°E | 28.1 | 1976 | Heron (Hero) (unknown-circa 100 BC) | WGPSN |
Herschel | 5°41′S 2°05′W / 5.69°S 2.09°W | 39.09 | 1935 | William Herschel (1738–1822) | WGPSN |
Hertz | 13°19′N 104°34′E / 13.32°N 104.56°E | 82.94 | 1961 | Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894) | WGPSN |
Hertzsprung | 1°22′N 128°40′W / 1.37°N 128.66°W | 536.37 | 1970 | Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873–1967) | WGPSN |
Hesiodus | 29°25′S 16°25′W / 29.42°S 16.42°W | 43.24 | 1935 | Hesiod (circa 735 BC) | WGPSN |
Hess | 54°28′S 174°11′E / 54.47°S 174.19°E | 90.44 | 1970 | Victor Franz Hess (1883–1964) and Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969) | WGPSN |
Hevelius | 2°12′N 67°28′W / 2.2°N 67.46°W | 113.87 | 1935 | Johannes Hevelius (1611–1687) | WGPSN |
Hevesy | 83°05′N 149°09′E / 83.09°N 149.15°E | 49.99 | 2009 | George de Hevesy (1885–1966) | WGPSN |
Heymans | 74°46′N 144°56′W / 74.76°N 144.94°W | 46.45 | 1970 | Corneille Jean François Heymans (1892–1968) | WGPSN |
Heyrovsky | 39°33′S 95°25′W / 39.55°S 95.42°W | 16.66 | 1985 | Jaroslav Heyrovský (1890–1967) | WGPSN |
Hilbert | 17°52′S 108°19′E / 17.87°S 108.32°E | 173.24 | 1970 | David Hilbert (1862–1943) | WGPSN |
Hildegard | 51°41′S 127°44′E / 51.68°S 127.74°E | 122 | 2016 | Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179) | WGPSN |
Hill | 20°55′N 40°49′E / 20.91°N 40.81°E | 15.86 | 1973 | George William Hill (1838–1914) | WGPSN |
Hind | 7°55′S 7°19′E / 7.92°S 7.31°E | 28.5 | 1935 | John Russell Hind (1823–1895) | WGPSN |
Hinshelwood | 89°25′N 51°53′W / 89.41°N 51.89°W | 13.35 | 2009 | Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897–1967) | WGPSN |
Hippalus | 24°55′S 30°25′W / 24.92°S 30.42°W | 57.36 | 1935 | Hippalus (unknown-circa 120) | WGPSN |
Hipparchus | 5°22′S 4°55′E / 5.36°S 4.91°E | 143.95 | 1935 | Hipparchus (flourished 140 BC) | WGPSN |
Hippocrates | 70°16′N 146°32′W / 70.26°N 146.54°W | 59.24 | 1970 | Hippocrates (c. 460–377 BC) | WGPSN |
Hirayama | 6°01′S 93°38′E / 6.01°S 93.63°E | 145.21 | 1970 | Kiyotsugu Hirayama (1874–1943) and Shin Hirayama (1867–1945) | WGPSN |
Hoffmeister | 15°02′N 136°50′E / 15.04°N 136.84°E | 44.46 | 1970 | Cuno Hoffmeister (1892–1968) | WGPSN |
Hogg | 33°31′N 121°58′E / 33.51°N 121.96°E | 38.39 | 1970 | Arthur Robert Hogg (1903–1966) and Frank Scott Hogg (1904–1951) | WGPSN |
Hohmann | 17°55′S 94°16′W / 17.92°S 94.26°W | 16.81 | 1970 | Walter Hohmann (1880–1945) | WGPSN |
Holden | 19°11′S 62°32′E / 19.19°S 62.53°E | 47.6 | 1935 | Edward Singleton Holden (1846–1914) | WGPSN |
Holetschek | 27°37′S 151°09′E / 27.61°S 151.15°E | 37.77 | 1970 | Johann Holetschek (1846–1923) | WGPSN |
Hommel | 54°44′S 32°56′E / 54.74°S 32.93°E | 113.6 | 1935 | Johann Hommel (1518–1562) | WGPSN |
Hooke | 41°08′N 54°52′E / 41.14°N 54.86°E | 34.35 | 1935 | Robert Hooke (1635–1703) | WGPSN |
Hopmann | 51°01′S 159°14′E / 51.01°S 159.23°E | 87.84 | 1979 | Josef Hopmann (1890–1975) | WGPSN |
Hornsby | 23°48′N 12°31′E / 23.8°N 12.51°E | 2.85 | 1973 | Thomas Hornsby (1733–1810) | WGPSN |
Horrebow | 58°48′N 40°56′W / 58.8°N 40.93°W | 24.98 | 1935 | Peder Horrebow (1679–1764) | WGPSN |
Horrocks | 3°59′S 5°51′E / 3.99°S 5.85°E | 29.65 | 1935 | Jeremiah Horrocks (1619–1641) | WGPSN |
Hortensius | 6°28′N 28°00′W / 6.47°N 28°W | 14.16 | 1935 | Martin van den Hove (1605–1639) | WGPSN |
Houssay | 83°07′N 98°31′E / 83.11°N 98.52°E | 31.41 | 2009 | Bernardo Houssay (1887–1971) | WGPSN |
Houtermans | 9°25′S 87°23′E / 9.42°S 87.38°E | 42.68 | 1973 | Friedrich Georg Houtermans (1903–1966) | WGPSN |
Houzeau | 17°15′S 123°53′W / 17.25°S 123.89°W | 76.84 | 1970 | Jean Charles Houzeau (de Lehaie) (1820–1888) | WGPSN |
Hubble | 22°17′N 86°55′E / 22.29°N 86.91°E | 81.84 | 1964 | Edwin Powell Hubble (1889–1953) | WGPSN |
Huggins | 41°04′S 1°31′W / 41.07°S 1.52°W | 65.79 | 1935 | Sir William Huggins (1824–1910) | WGPSN |
Humason | 30°44′N 56°40′W / 30.73°N 56.66°W | 4.34 | 1973 | Milton Lasell Humason (1891–1972) | WGPSN |
Humboldt | 27°01′S 80°58′E / 27.02°S 80.96°E | 199.46 | 1935 | Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835) | WGPSN |
Hume | 4°41′S 90°28′E / 4.68°S 90.47°E | 22.3 | 1976 | David Hume (1711–1776) | WGPSN |
Husband | 40°19′S 147°50′W / 40.32°S 147.84°W | 31.26 | 2006 | Rick Husband (1957–2003) | WGPSN |
Hutton | 37°13′N 168°41′E / 37.22°N 168.68°E | 45.17 | 1970 | James Hutton (1726–1797) | WGPSN |
Huxley | 20°12′N 4°32′W / 20.2°N 4.54°W | 3.48 | 1973 | Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895) | WGPSN |
Hyginus | 7°46′N 6°16′E / 7.76°N 6.27°E | 8.7 | 1935 | Gaius Julius Hyginus (flourished first century BC) | WGPSN |
Hypatia | 4°15′S 22°35′E / 4.25°S 22.58°E | 38.82 | 1935 | Hypatia of Alexandria (415 AD) | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
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Ian | 25°43′N 0°23′W / 25.72°N 0.39°W | 1.51 | 1976 | (Scottish male name) | WGPSN |
Ibn Bajja | 86°18′S 75°02′W / 86.3°S 75.04°W | 11.98 | 2009 | Ibn Bajjah (1095–1138) | WGPSN |
Ibn Battuta | 6°57′S 50°26′E / 6.95°S 50.44°E | 11.51 | 1976 | Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304–1377) | WGPSN |
Ibn Firnas | 6°50′N 122°18′E / 6.83°N 122.3°E | 88.29 | 1976 | Abbas Ibn Firnas (circa AD 887) | WGPSN |
Ibn Yunus | 14°08′N 91°08′E / 14.14°N 91.14°E | 59.69 | 1970 | Abul al-Hasan ben Ahmad (950–1009) | WGPSN |
Ibn-Rushd | 11°41′S 21°43′E / 11.69°S 21.71°E | 31.08 | 1976 | Averroës (1126–1198) | WGPSN |
Icarus | 5°29′S 173°16′W / 5.49°S 173.26°W | 93.73 | 1970 | Icarus (mythology) | WGPSN |
Ideler | 49°19′S 22°14′E / 49.32°S 22.24°E | 37.77 | 1935 | Christian Ludwig Ideler (1766–1846) | WGPSN |
Idelʹson | 81°21′S 112°41′E / 81.35°S 112.69°E | 59.82 | 1970 | Naum Ilʹich Idelʹson (1885–1951) | WGPSN |
Igor | 38°18′N 35°00′W / 38.3°N 35°W | 0.1 | 2012 | Russian male name | WGPSN |
Ilʹin | 17°48′S 97°41′W / 17.8°S 97.68°W | 12.42 | 1985 | (1901–1937) | WGPSN |
Ina | 18°40′N 5°18′E / 18.66°N 5.3°E | 2.98 | 1979 | (Latin female name) | WGPSN |
Ingalls | 26°10′N 153°20′W / 26.16°N 153.34°W | 37.23 | 1970 | Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958) | WGPSN |
Inghirami | 47°29′S 68°57′W / 47.49°S 68.95°W | 94.6 | 1935 | Giovanni Inghirami (1779–1851) | WGPSN |
Innes | 27°51′N 119°19′E / 27.85°N 119.31°E | 42.83 | 1970 | Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (1861–1933) | WGPSN |
Ioffe | 14°23′S 129°10′W / 14.38°S 129.16°W | 83.95 | 1970 | Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960) | WGPSN |
Isabel | 28°11′N 34°04′W / 28.18°N 34.07°W | 1.22 | 1979 | (Spanish female name) | WGPSN |
Isaev | 17°34′S 147°29′E / 17.57°S 147.49°E | 94.1 | 1976 | Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev (1908–1971) | WGPSN |
Isidorus | 7°58′S 33°30′E / 7.96°S 33.5°E | 41.39 | 1935 | St. Isidore of Seville (c. 570–636) | WGPSN |
Isis | 18°57′N 27°29′E / 18.95°N 27.48°E | 0.61 | 1976 | Isis (Egyptian goddess) | WGPSN |
Ivan | 26°52′N 43°16′W / 26.86°N 43.26°W | 3.84 | 1976 | (Russian male name) | WGPSN |
Izsak | 23°19′S 117°35′E / 23.32°S 117.59°E | 30.83 | 1970 | Imre Izsak (1929–1965) | WGPSN |
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Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) |
Approval Year |
Eponym | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Herschel | 62°19′N 41°52′W / 62.31°N 41.86°W | 154.44 | 1935 | John Herschel (1792–1871) | WGPSN |
Jackson | 22°03′N 163°19′W / 22.05°N 163.32°W | 71.38 | 1970 | John Jackson (1887–1958) | WGPSN |
Jacobi | 56°49′S 11°18′E / 56.82°S 11.3°E | 66.28 | 1935 | Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851) | WGPSN |
Jansen | 13°33′N 28°38′E / 13.55°N 28.64°E | 24.21 | 1935 | Zacharias Janssen (1580–circa 1638) | WGPSN |
Jansky | 8°38′N 89°30′E / 8.63°N 89.5°E | 73.77 | 1964 | Karl Jansky (1905–1950) | WGPSN |
Janssen | 44°58′S 40°49′E / 44.96°S 40.82°E | 200.65 | 1935 | Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824–1907) | WGPSN |
Jarvis | 35°08′S 148°13′W / 35.13°S 148.21°W | 41.22 | 1988 | Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944–1986) | WGPSN |
Jeans | 55°35′S 91°31′E / 55.58°S 91.51°E | 81.13 | 1964 | Sir James Hopwood Jeans (1877–1946) | WGPSN |
Jehan | 20°43′N 31°52′W / 20.71°N 31.86°W | 4.46 | 1976 | (Turkish female name) | WGPSN |
Jenkins | 0°22′N 78°02′E / 0.37°N 78.04°E | 37.77 | 1982 | Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888–1970) | WGPSN |
Jenner | 42°01′S 95°59′E / 42.01°S 95.98°E | 73.66 | 1970 | Edward Jenner (1749–1823) | WGPSN |
Jerik | 18°32′N 27°38′E / 18.53°N 27.63°E | 0.63 | 1976 | (Scandinavian male name) | WGPSN |
Joliot | 25°47′N 93°23′E / 25.79°N 93.39°E | 172.79 | 1961 | Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) | WGPSN |
Jomo | 24°25′N 2°26′E / 24.41°N 2.44°E | 7.36 | 1979 | (African male name) | WGPSN |
José | 12°41′S 1°40′W / 12.68°S 1.66°W | 1.22 | 1976 | (Spanish male name) | WGPSN |
Joule | 27°09′N 144°08′W / 27.15°N 144.14°W | 97.52 | 1970 | James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) | WGPSN |
Joy | 25°01′N 6°34′E / 25.01°N 6.56°E | 5.12 | 1973 | Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973) | WGPSN |
Jules Verne | 34°51′S 147°17′E / 34.85°S 147.28°E | 145.54 | 1961 | Jules Verne (1828–1905) | WGPSN |
Julienne | 26°04′N 3°08′E / 26.06°N 3.13°E | 1.8 | 1976 | (French female name) | WGPSN |
Julius Caesar | 9°10′N 15°13′E / 9.17°N 15.21°E | 84.72 | 1935 | Julius Caesar (circa 102–44 BC) | WGPSN |
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References[]
- ^ "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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