1 |
2297 |
Very |
Crater, craters |
4.65 |
25.35 |
25.62 |
Frank Washington; American astronomer (1852-1927). |
2 |
772 |
Vestine |
Crater, craters |
97.81 |
93.68 |
33.87 |
Ernest Harry; American geophysicist (1906-1968). |
3 |
6338 |
Victory |
Landing site name |
0.51 |
30.67 |
20.22 |
Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 17 site. |
4 |
119 |
Vieta |
Crater, craters |
87.16 |
-56.53 |
-29.31 |
Francois; French mathematician (1540-1603). |
5 |
774 |
Virchow |
Crater, craters |
18.83 |
83.77 |
9.88 |
Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902).
|
6 |
96 |
Vitello |
Crater, craters |
42.51 |
-37.55 |
-30.42 |
Witelo, Erazmus Ciokek; Polish physicist, mathematician (1210-1285).
|
7 |
145 |
Vitruvius |
Crater, craters |
30.94 |
31.28 |
17.66 |
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus; Roman engineer, architect (unkn-fl. c. 25 B.C.).
|
8 |
6339 |
Vitya |
Crater, craters |
0.13 |
-35.03 |
38.27 |
Latin male name Victor in Russian diminutive form (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature). |
9 |
775 |
Vlacq |
Crater, craters |
89.21 |
38.69 |
-53.39 |
Adriaan; Dutch mathematician (c. 1600-1667). |
10 |
776 |
Vogel |
Crater, craters |
26.3 |
5.83 |
-15.11 |
Hermann Carl; German astronomer (1841-1907). |
11 |
777 |
Volta |
Crater, craters |
117.15 |
-84.77 |
53.9 |
Count Allessandro Guiseppe Antonio Anastasio; Italian physicist (1745-1827).
|
12 |
778 |
von Baeyer |
Crater, craters |
13.46 |
61.87 |
-81.8 |
Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm; German chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1905 (1835-1917).
|
13 |
779 |
von Behring |
Crater, craters |
37.65 |
71.72 |
-7.75 |
Emil Adolf; German bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1854-1917).
|
14 |
780 |
von Braun |
Crater, craters |
61.83 |
-78.08 |
41.04 |
Wernher, German-American rocket pioneer (1912-1977).
|
15 |
781 |
Voskresenskiy |
Crater, craters |
49.37 |
-88.12 |
27.91 |
Leonid A.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1913-1965). |
16 |
788 |
W. Bond |
Crater, craters |
170.53 |
3.52 |
65.41 |
William Cranch; American astronomer (1789-1859). |
17 |
782 |
Wallace |
Crater, craters |
25.71 |
-8.75 |
20.26 |
Alfred Russel; British natural historian (1823-1913).
|
18 |
1092 |
Wallach |
Crater, craters |
5.74 |
32.27 |
4.89 |
Otto; German chemist; Nobel laureate (1847-1931). |
19 |
2312 |
Walter |
Crater, craters |
1.26 |
-33.81 |
28.04 |
German male name. |
20 |
93 |
Walther |
Crater, craters |
134.23 |
0.62 |
-33.25 |
Bernard; German astronomer (1430-1504). (Spelling changed from Walter.)
|
21 |
783 |
Wapowski |
Crater, craters |
11.45 |
53.79 |
-83.08 |
Bernard; Polish cartographer, the "Father of Polish Cartography" (1450-1535).
|
22 |
784 |
Wargentin |
Crater, craters |
84.69 |
-60.44 |
-49.53 |
Pehr Wilhelm; Swedish astronomer (1717-1783). |
23 |
785 |
Warner |
Crater, craters |
34.51 |
87.35 |
-3.98 |
Worcester Reed; American inventor (1846-1929). |
24 |
786 |
Watt |
Crater, craters |
66.54 |
48.48 |
-49.6 |
James; Scottish inventor (1736-1819). |
25 |
787 |
Watts |
Crater, craters |
15.55 |
46.31 |
8.84 |
Chester Burleigh; American astronomer (1889-1971). |
26 |
789 |
Webb |
Crater, craters |
21.41 |
60 |
-0.98 |
Thomas William; British astronomer (1806-1885). |
27 |
790 |
Weierstrass |
Crater, craters |
31.32 |
77.15 |
-1.26 |
Karl; German mathematician (1815-1897). |
28 |
791 |
Weigel |
Crater, craters |
34.85 |
-39.34 |
-58.39 |
Erhard; German mathematician (1625-1699). |
29 |
792 |
Weinek |
Crater, craters |
32.01 |
37.06 |
-27.57 |
Ladislaus; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1848-1913). |
30 |
6340 |
Weird |
Landing site name |
0.05 |
-17.46 |
-3.64 |
Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 14 site. |