1 |
1032 |
Vallis Snellius |
Vallis, valles |
640 |
57.84 |
-30.93 |
Named from nearby crater. |
2 |
767 |
van Albada |
Crater, craters |
22.92 |
64.35 |
9.36 |
Gale Bruno; Dutch astronomer (1912-1972). |
3 |
849 |
Van Biesbroeck |
Crater, craters |
9.08 |
-45.59 |
28.77 |
George A.; Belgian-American astronomer (1880-1974).
|
4 |
768 |
Van Vleck |
Crater, craters |
33.48 |
78.2 |
-1.77 |
John Monroe; American astronomer, mathematician (1833-1912).
|
5 |
769 |
Vasco da Gama |
Crater, craters |
93.52 |
-83.94 |
13.78 |
Portuguese navigator, explorer (c. 1460-1524). |
6 |
770 |
Vashakidze |
Crater, craters |
44.99 |
93.01 |
43.65 |
Mikheil Alekandres; Soviet astronomer (1909-1956). |
7 |
6337 |
Vasya |
Crater, craters |
0.1 |
-34.98 |
38.2 |
Russian diminutive form of male name Vasily of Greek origin (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature). |
8 |
771 |
Vega |
Crater, craters |
73.51 |
63.27 |
-45.41 |
Georg Freiherr von; Slovenian-born German mathematician (1754-1802).
|
9 |
87 |
Vendelinus |
Crater, craters |
141.21 |
61.55 |
-16.46 |
Wendelin, Godefroid; Belgian astronomer (1580-1667).
|
10 |
2295 |
Vera |
Crater, craters |
2.27 |
-43.71 |
26.33 |
Latin female name. |
11 |
2296 |
Verne |
Crater, craters |
1.54 |
-25.38 |
24.95 |
Latin male name. |
12 |
2297 |
Very |
Crater, craters |
4.65 |
25.35 |
25.62 |
Frank Washington; American astronomer (1852-1927). |
13 |
772 |
Vestine |
Crater, craters |
97.81 |
93.68 |
33.87 |
Ernest Harry; American geophysicist (1906-1968). |
14 |
119 |
Vieta |
Crater, craters |
87.16 |
-56.53 |
-29.31 |
Francois; French mathematician (1540-1603). |
15 |
774 |
Virchow |
Crater, craters |
18.83 |
83.77 |
9.88 |
Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902).
|
16 |
96 |
Vitello |
Crater, craters |
42.51 |
-37.55 |
-30.42 |
Witelo, Erazmus Ciokek; Polish physicist, mathematician (1210-1285).
|
17 |
145 |
Vitruvius |
Crater, craters |
30.94 |
31.28 |
17.66 |
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus; Roman engineer, architect (unkn-fl. c. 25 B.C.).
|
18 |
6339 |
Vitya |
Crater, craters |
0.13 |
-35.03 |
38.27 |
Latin male name Victor in Russian diminutive form (Lunokhod-1 landing site feature). |
19 |
775 |
Vlacq |
Crater, craters |
89.21 |
38.69 |
-53.39 |
Adriaan; Dutch mathematician (c. 1600-1667). |
20 |
776 |
Vogel |
Crater, craters |
26.3 |
5.83 |
-15.11 |
Hermann Carl; German astronomer (1841-1907). |
21 |
777 |
Volta |
Crater, craters |
117.15 |
-84.77 |
53.9 |
Count Allessandro Guiseppe Antonio Anastasio; Italian physicist (1745-1827).
|
22 |
778 |
von Baeyer |
Crater, craters |
13.46 |
61.87 |
-81.8 |
Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm; German chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1905 (1835-1917).
|
23 |
779 |
von Behring |
Crater, craters |
37.65 |
71.72 |
-7.75 |
Emil Adolf; German bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1854-1917).
|
24 |
780 |
von Braun |
Crater, craters |
61.83 |
-78.08 |
41.04 |
Wernher, German-American rocket pioneer (1912-1977).
|
25 |
781 |
Voskresenskiy |
Crater, craters |
49.37 |
-88.12 |
27.91 |
Leonid A.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1913-1965). |
26 |
788 |
W. Bond |
Crater, craters |
170.53 |
3.52 |
65.41 |
William Cranch; American astronomer (1789-1859). |
27 |
782 |
Wallace |
Crater, craters |
25.71 |
-8.75 |
20.26 |
Alfred Russel; British natural historian (1823-1913).
|
28 |
1092 |
Wallach |
Crater, craters |
5.74 |
32.27 |
4.89 |
Otto; German chemist; Nobel laureate (1847-1931). |
29 |
2312 |
Walter |
Crater, craters |
1.26 |
-33.81 |
28.04 |
German male name. |
30 |
93 |
Walther |
Crater, craters |
134.23 |
0.62 |
-33.25 |
Bernard; German astronomer (1430-1504). (Spelling changed from Walter.)
|
31 |
783 |
Wapowski |
Crater, craters |
11.45 |
53.79 |
-83.08 |
Bernard; Polish cartographer, the "Father of Polish Cartography" (1450-1535).
|
32 |
784 |
Wargentin |
Crater, craters |
84.69 |
-60.44 |
-49.53 |
Pehr Wilhelm; Swedish astronomer (1717-1783). |
33 |
785 |
Warner |
Crater, craters |
34.51 |
87.35 |
-3.98 |
Worcester Reed; American inventor (1846-1929). |
34 |
786 |
Watt |
Crater, craters |
66.54 |
48.48 |
-49.6 |
James; Scottish inventor (1736-1819). |
35 |
787 |
Watts |
Crater, craters |
15.55 |
46.31 |
8.84 |
Chester Burleigh; American astronomer (1889-1971). |
36 |
789 |
Webb |
Crater, craters |
21.41 |
60 |
-0.98 |
Thomas William; British astronomer (1806-1885). |
37 |
790 |
Weierstrass |
Crater, craters |
31.32 |
77.15 |
-1.26 |
Karl; German mathematician (1815-1897). |
38 |
791 |
Weigel |
Crater, craters |
34.85 |
-39.34 |
-58.39 |
Erhard; German mathematician (1625-1699). |
39 |
792 |
Weinek |
Crater, craters |
32.01 |
37.06 |
-27.57 |
Ladislaus; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1848-1913). |
40 |
793 |
Weiss |
Crater, craters |
66.56 |
-19.59 |
-31.76 |
Edmund; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1837-1917).
|
41 |
130 |
Werner |
Crater, craters |
70.59 |
3.29 |
-28.03 |
Johann; German mathematician (1468-1528). |
42 |
794 |
Wexler |
Crater, craters |
52.44 |
90.71 |
-68.88 |
Harry; American meteorologist (1911-1962). |
43 |
795 |
Whewell |
Crater, craters |
13.05 |
13.73 |
4.16 |
William; British philosopher (1794-1866). |
44 |
850 |
Wichmann |
Crater, craters |
9.77 |
-38.13 |
-7.54 |
Moritz Ludwig Georg; German astronomer (1821-1859).
|
45 |
796 |
Widmannstätten |
Crater, craters |
52.88 |
85.43 |
-6.09 |
Aloys Joseph Beck Edler von; German physicist (1754-1849). (Spelling changed from Widmanstätten.)
|
46 |
797 |
Wildt |
Crater, craters |
12.31 |
75.83 |
9.02 |
Rupert; German-American astronomer (1905-1976). |
47 |
90 |
Wilhelm |
Crater, craters |
100.83 |
-20.94 |
-43.21 |
Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse; German astronomer (1532-1592).
|
48 |
798 |
Wilkins |
Crater, craters |
59.44 |
19.58 |
-29.58 |
Hugh Percy; British selenographer (1896-1960). |
49 |
799 |
Williams |
Crater, craters |
36.36 |
37.31 |
42.02 |
Arthur Stanley; British astronomer (1861-1938). |
50 |
800 |
Wilson |
Crater, craters |
66.57 |
-42.83 |
-69.33 |
Alexander; Scottish astronomer (1714-1786); Charles Thomson Rees; Scottish physicist (1869-1959); Ralph Elmer; American astronomer (1886-1960).
|
51 |
801 |
Winthrop |
Crater, craters |
17.25 |
-44.46 |
-10.76 |
John; American astronomer (1714-1779). |
52 |
802 |
Wöhler |
Crater, craters |
28.07 |
31.35 |
-38.25 |
Friedrich; German chemist (1800-1882). |
53 |
138 |
Wolf |
Crater, craters |
25.74 |
-16.63 |
-22.79 |
Maxmilian Franz Joseph Cornelius; German astronomer (1863-1932).
|
54 |
851 |
Wollaston |
Crater, craters |
9.64 |
-46.98 |
30.6 |
William Hyde; British chemist, physicist (1766-1828).
|
55 |
803 |
Wright |
Crater, craters |
40.16 |
-86.74 |
-31.55 |
Frederick Eugene; American petrologist and astronomer (1877-1953); Thomas; British philosopher (1711-1786); William Hammond; American astronomer (1871-1959).
|
56 |
804 |
Wrottesley |
Crater, craters |
58.38 |
56.62 |
-23.9 |
John, Baron Wrottesley; British astronomer (1798-1867).
|
57 |
805 |
Wurzelbauer |
Crater, craters |
86.77 |
-16.06 |
-34.04 |
Johann Philipp von; German astronomer (1651-1725). |
58 |
806 |
Xenophanes |
Crater, craters |
117.57 |
-82.01 |
57.49 |
Of Colophon; Greek philosopher (570(?)-478(?) B.C.).
|
59 |
6343 |
Xu Guangqi |
Crater, craters |
0.4 |
-51.93 |
43.06 |
Chinese agronomist, astronomer, mathematician during the Ming dynasty (1562-1633). |
60 |
807 |
Yakovkin |
Crater, craters |
35.92 |
-78.93 |
-54.42 |
A. A.; Soviet astronomer (1887-1974). |
61 |
1093 |
Yangel' |
Crater, craters |
7.87 |
4.69 |
16.96 |
Mikhail Kuzmich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1911-1971).
|
62 |
808 |
Yerkes |
Crater, craters |
34.94 |
51.7 |
14.6 |
Charles Tyson; American benefactor (1837-1905). |
63 |
6344 |
Yoshi |
Crater, craters |
0.5 |
10.99 |
24.56 |
Japanese male name. |
64 |
809 |
Young |
Crater, craters |
71.44 |
50.98 |
-41.54 |
Thomas; British doctor, physicist (1773-1829). |
65 |
810 |
Zach |
Crater, craters |
68.54 |
5.25 |
-60.92 |
Franz Xaver, Freiherr von; Hungarian astronomer (1754-1832).
|
66 |
110 |
Zagut |
Crater, craters |
78.92 |
21.89 |
-31.94 |
Abraham Ben Samuel; Spanish astronomer (c. 1450-c. 1522).
|
67 |
811 |
Zähringer |
Crater, craters |
11.19 |
40.21 |
5.51 |
Josef; German physicist (1929-1970). |
68 |
812 |
Zasyadko |
Crater, craters |
10.27 |
94.19 |
3.96 |
Alexander Dmitrievich; Russian rocketry scientist, inventor (1779-1837).
|
69 |
813 |
Zeno |
Crater, craters |
66.78 |
72.98 |
45.15 |
Of Citium; Greek philosopher (c. 335-263 B.C.). |
70 |
6345 |
Zi Wei |
Crater, craters |
0.42 |
-19.52 |
44.12 |
One of three enclosures in Chinese ancient star map. |
71 |
2349 |
Zinner |
Crater, craters |
4.56 |
-58.86 |
26.64 |
Ernst; German astronomer (1886-1970). |
72 |
814 |
Zöllner |
Crater, craters |
47.69 |
18.9 |
-7.97 |
Johann Karl Friedrich; German astrophysicist, astronomer (1834-1882).
|
73 |
815 |
Zucchius |
Crater, craters |
63.18 |
-50.65 |
-61.38 |
Zucchi, Niccolo; Italian mathematician, astronomer (1586-1670).
|
74 |
816 |
Zupus |
Crater, craters |
35.29 |
-52.37 |
-17.18 |
Zupi, Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer (c. 1590-1650).
|