1 |
5 |
Mare Humorum |
Mare, maria |
419.67 |
-38.57 |
-24.48 |
"Sea of Moisture." |
2 |
1 |
Mare Imbrium |
Mare, maria |
1145.53 |
-14.91 |
34.72 |
"Sea of Showers." |
3 |
2 |
Mare Insularum |
Mare, maria |
511.93 |
-30.64 |
7.79 |
"Sea of Islands." |
4 |
1097 |
Mare Marginis |
Mare, maria |
357.63 |
86.52 |
12.7 |
"Sea of the Edge." |
5 |
11 |
Mare Nectaris |
Mare, maria |
339.39 |
34.6 |
-15.19 |
"Sea of Nectar." |
6 |
6 |
Mare Nubium |
Mare, maria |
714.5 |
-17.29 |
-20.59 |
"Sea of Clouds." |
7 |
1101 |
Mare Orientale |
Mare, maria |
294.16 |
-94.67 |
-19.87 |
"Eastern sea." |
8 |
8 |
Mare Serenitatis |
Mare, maria |
674.28 |
18.36 |
27.29 |
"Sea of Serenity." |
9 |
1098 |
Mare Smythii |
Mare, maria |
373.97 |
87.05 |
-1.71 |
Smyth, William Henry; British astronomer (1788-1865).
|
10 |
1099 |
Mare Spumans |
Mare, maria |
143.13 |
65.3 |
1.3 |
"Foaming Sea." |
11 |
7 |
Mare Tranquillitatis |
Mare, maria |
875.75 |
30.83 |
8.35 |
"Sea of Tranquility." |
12 |
160 |
Mare Undarum |
Mare, maria |
244.84 |
68.66 |
7.49 |
"Sea of Waves." |
13 |
142 |
Mare Vaporum |
Mare, maria |
242.46 |
4.09 |
13.2 |
"Sea of Vapors." |
14 |
565 |
Marinus |
Crater, craters |
56.55 |
76.57 |
-39.38 |
Of Tyre; Greek geographer (unkn-c. 100). |
15 |
137 |
Marius |
Crater, craters |
40.09 |
-50.84 |
11.9 |
Mayer, Simon; German astronomer (1573-1624). |
16 |
566 |
Markov |
Crater, craters |
39.92 |
-62.84 |
53.43 |
Aleksandr Vladimirovich; Soviet astrophysicist (1897-1968); Andrei Andreevich; Russian mathematician (1856-1922).
|
17 |
281 |
Marth |
Crater, craters |
6.54 |
-29.35 |
-31.16 |
Albert; German astronomer (1828-1897). |
18 |
1876 |
Marvin |
Crater, craters |
4.6 |
-87.78 |
-89.13 |
Ursula; American planetary geologist (1921-2018). |
19 |
6295 |
Mary |
Crater, craters |
0.53 |
27.39 |
18.93 |
English form of Hebrew female name. |
20 |
567 |
Maskelyne |
Crater, craters |
22.42 |
30.04 |
2.16 |
Nevil; British astronomer (1732-1811). |
21 |
568 |
Mason |
Crater, craters |
33.33 |
30.51 |
42.7 |
Charles; British astronomer (1730-1787). |
22 |
569 |
Maunder |
Crater, craters |
53.8 |
-93.88 |
-14.52 |
Annie Scott Dill Russell; British astronomer (1868-1947); Edward Walter; British astronomer (1851-1928).
|
23 |
570 |
Maupertuis |
Crater, craters |
45.49 |
-27.28 |
49.7 |
Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).
|
24 |
107 |
Maurolycus |
Crater, craters |
115.35 |
13.92 |
-41.77 |
Maurolico, Francesco; Italian mathematician (1494-1575).
|
25 |
571 |
Maury |
Crater, craters |
16.58 |
39.69 |
37.11 |
Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer (1806-1873); Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira; American astronomer (1866-1952).
|
26 |
1890 |
Mavis |
Crater, craters |
1.09 |
-26.36 |
29.76 |
Scottish female name. |
27 |
572 |
McAdie |
Crater, craters |
41 |
92.22 |
2.11 |
Alexander George; American meteorologist (1863-1943).
|
28 |
573 |
McClure |
Crater, craters |
23.96 |
50.24 |
-15.32 |
Robert Le Mesurier; British explorer (1807-1873). |
29 |
265 |
McDonald |
Crater, craters |
6.97 |
-20.88 |
30.39 |
William Johnson; American benefactor (1844-1926); Thomas Logie; Scottish selenographer (1901-1973).
|
30 |
574 |
McLaughlin |
Crater, craters |
75.29 |
-92.83 |
47.01 |
Dean Benjamin; American astronomer (1901-1965). |
31 |
95 |
Mee |
Crater, craters |
134.11 |
-35.19 |
-43.63 |
Arthur Butler Phillips; Scottish astronomer (1860-1926).
|
32 |
148 |
Menelaus |
Crater, craters |
27.13 |
15.93 |
16.26 |
Of Alexandria; Greek geometer, astronomer (c. A.D. 98).
|
33 |
1896 |
Menzel |
Crater, craters |
3.44 |
36.94 |
3.41 |
Donald Howard; American astrophysicist, Smithsonian researcher (1901-1976). |
34 |
99 |
Mercator |
Crater, craters |
46.32 |
-26.11 |
-29.25 |
Gerard De Kremer (Gerhardus Mercator); Belgian cartographer, geographer, mathematician (1512-1594).
|
35 |
575 |
Mercurius |
Crater, craters |
64.3 |
66.07 |
46.66 |
Mercury; Roman mythical messenger. |
36 |
81 |
Mersenius |
Crater, craters |
84.46 |
-49.34 |
-21.49 |
Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician, physicist (1588-1648).
|
37 |
576 |
Messala |
Crater, craters |
122.4 |
60.06 |
39.31 |
(Ma-Sa-Allah); Jewish astronomer (unkn- c. 815). |
38 |
577 |
Messier |
Crater, craters |
13.8 |
47.65 |
-1.9 |
Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817). |
39 |
578 |
Metius |
Crater, craters |
83.81 |
43.37 |
-40.42 |
Adriaan Adriaanszoon; Dutch astronomer (1571-1635).
|
40 |
579 |
Meton |
Crater, craters |
124.7 |
19.63 |
73.57 |
Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.). |
41 |
1911 |
Michael |
Crater, craters |
3.46 |
0.21 |
25.05 |
English male name. |
42 |
580 |
Milichius |
Crater, craters |
12.19 |
-30.23 |
10.01 |
Milich, Jacob; German doctor, mathematician, astronomer (1501-1559).
|
43 |
581 |
Miller |
Crater, craters |
61.37 |
0.78 |
-39.37 |
William Allen; British chemist (1817-1870). |
44 |
582 |
Mitchell |
Crater, craters |
32.15 |
20.17 |
49.77 |
Maria; American astronomer (1818-1889). |
45 |
583 |
Moigno |
Crater, craters |
36.83 |
28.8 |
66.27 |
Francois Napoleon Marie; French mathematician, physicist (1804-1884).
|
46 |
219 |
Moltke |
Crater, craters |
6.15 |
24.16 |
-0.59 |
Helmuth Karl, Graf von; German benefactor (1800-1891).
|
47 |
86 |
Monge |
Crater, craters |
36.6 |
47.54 |
-19.24 |
Gaspard; French mathematician (1746-1818). |
48 |
1921 |
Monira |
Crater, craters |
1.07 |
-1.73 |
-12.54 |
Arabic female name. |
49 |
6297 |
Mons Agnes |
Mons, montes |
0 |
5.33 |
18.66 |
Greek female name. |
50 |
853 |
Mons Ampère |
Mons, montes |
29.96 |
-3.71 |
19.32 |
André-Marie; French physicist (1775-1836). |
51 |
854 |
Mons Argaeus |
Mons, montes |
61.48 |
29.01 |
19.33 |
Named from peak in Asia Minor (now Erciyas Dagi). |
52 |
855 |
Mons Bradley |
Mons, montes |
76.49 |
0.38 |
21.73 |
James; British astronomer (1693-1762). |
53 |
856 |
Mons Delisle |
Mons, montes |
32.42 |
-35.79 |
29.42 |
Named from nearby crater. |
54 |
857 |
Mons Esam |
Mons, montes |
7.92 |
35.71 |
14.61 |
Arabic male name. |
55 |
859 |
Mons Gruithuisen Delta |
Mons, montes |
27.24 |
-39.59 |
36.07 |
Named from nearby crater. |
56 |
860 |
Mons Gruithuisen Gamma |
Mons, montes |
19.65 |
-40.72 |
36.56 |
Named from nearby crater. |
57 |
861 |
Mons Hadley |
Mons, montes |
26.4 |
4.12 |
26.69 |
John, British instrument maker (1682-1744). |
58 |
862 |
Mons Hadley Delta |
Mons, montes |
17.24 |
3.71 |
25.72 |
Named from nearby mountain (Mons Hadley). |
59 |
863 |
Mons Hansteen |
Mons, montes |
30.65 |
-50.21 |
-12.19 |
Named from nearby crater. |
60 |
864 |
Mons Herodotus |
Mons, montes |
6.77 |
-52.94 |
27.5 |
Named from nearby crater. |
61 |
865 |
Mons Huygens |
Mons, montes |
41.97 |
-2.86 |
19.92 |
Christiaan; Dutch astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1629-1695).
|
62 |
866 |
Mons La Hire |
Mons, montes |
21.71 |
-25.51 |
27.66 |
Philippe De; French mathematician, astronomer (1640-1718).
|
63 |
867 |
Mons Maraldi |
Mons, montes |
15.9 |
35.5 |
20.34 |
Named from nearby crater. |
64 |
868 |
Mons Moro |
Mons, montes |
13.68 |
-19.84 |
-11.84 |
Antonio Lazzaro; Italian Earth scientist (1687-1764).
|
65 |
869 |
Mons Penck |
Mons, montes |
37.59 |
21.74 |
-10 |
Albrecht; German geographer (1858-1945). |
66 |
870 |
Mons Pico |
Mons, montes |
24.42 |
-8.87 |
45.82 |
Spanish for "peak." |
67 |
871 |
Mons Piton |
Mons, montes |
22.5 |
-0.92 |
40.72 |
Named from Mt. Piton on Tenerife Islands. |
68 |
872 |
Mons Rümker |
Mons, montes |
73.25 |
-58.38 |
40.76 |
Karl Ludwig Christian; German astronomer (1788-1862).
|
69 |
873 |
Mons Usov |
Mons, montes |
13.23 |
63.26 |
11.91 |
Mikhail Antonovich; Soviet geologist (1883-1939). |
70 |
874 |
Mons Vinogradov |
Mons, montes |
28.73 |
-32.52 |
22.35 |
Aleksandr Pavlovich; Soviet geochemist and cosmochemist (1895-1975).
|
71 |
875 |
Mons Vitruvius |
Mons, montes |
44.28 |
30.74 |
19.33 |
Named from nearby crater. |
72 |
876 |
Mons Wolff |
Mons, montes |
32.87 |
-6.8 |
16.88 |
Christian, Baron von; German philosopher (1679-1754).
|
73 |
877 |
Mont Blanc |
Mons, montes |
21.57 |
0.44 |
45.41 |
Named for terrestrial mountain in Alps. |
74 |
584 |
Montanari |
Crater, craters |
77.05 |
-20.76 |
-45.83 |
Geminiano; Italian astronomer, mathematician (1633-1687).
|
75 |
878 |
Montes Agricola |
Mons, montes |
159.76 |
-54.07 |
29.06 |
Georgius; German Earth scientist (1494-1555). |
76 |
879 |
Montes Alpes |
Mons, montes |
334.48 |
-0.58 |
48.36 |
Named from terrestrial Alps. |
77 |
29 |
Montes Apenninus |
Mons, montes |
599.67 |
0.03 |
19.87 |
Named from terrestrial Apennines. |
78 |
880 |
Montes Archimedes |
Mons, montes |
146.54 |
-5.25 |
25.39 |
Named from nearby crater. |
79 |
881 |
Montes Carpatus |
Mons, montes |
333.59 |
-23.62 |
14.57 |
Named from terrestrial Carpathians. |
80 |
104 |
Montes Caucasus |
Mons, montes |
443.51 |
9.93 |
37.52 |
Named from terrestrial Caucasus Mountains. |
81 |
882 |
Montes Cordillera |
Mons, montes |
963.5 |
-94.93 |
-19.44 |
Spanish for "mountain chain." |
82 |
883 |
Montes Haemus |
Mons, montes |
384.66 |
12.03 |
17.11 |
Named for range in the Balkans. |
83 |
884 |
Montes Harbinger |
Mons, montes |
92.7 |
-41.29 |
26.89 |
Harbingers of dawn on crater Aristarchus. |
84 |
885 |
Montes Jura |
Mons, montes |
420.8 |
-36.11 |
47.49 |
Named from terrestrial Jura Mountains. |
85 |
116 |
Montes Pyrenaeus |
Mons, montes |
251.33 |
41.51 |
-14.05 |
Named from terrestrial Pyrenees. |
86 |
887 |
Montes Recti |
Mons, montes |
83.24 |
-19.72 |
48.3 |
Latin for "straight range." |
87 |
888 |
Montes Riphaeus |
Mons, montes |
190.12 |
-27.6 |
-7.48 |
Named from range in Asia (now Ural Mountains). |
88 |
889 |
Montes Rook |
Mons, montes |
682.28 |
-94.95 |
-19.49 |
Lawrence; British astronomer (1622-1666). |
89 |
890 |
Montes Secchi |
Mons, montes |
52.47 |
43.17 |
2.72 |
Named from nearby crater. |
90 |
891 |
Montes Spitzbergen |
Mons, montes |
59.19 |
-5.21 |
34.47 |
German for "sharp peaks", and named for resemblance to the terrestrial island group.
|
91 |
892 |
Montes Taurus |
Mons, montes |
166.16 |
40.34 |
27.32 |
Named from terrestrial Taurus Mts. |
92 |
893 |
Montes Teneriffe |
Mons, montes |
111.98 |
-13.19 |
47.89 |
Named from terrestrial island. |
93 |
585 |
Moretus |
Crater, craters |
114.45 |
-5.95 |
-70.63 |
Moret, Theodore; Belgian mathematician (1602-1667).
|
94 |
586 |
Morley |
Crater, craters |
13.71 |
64.62 |
-2.82 |
Edward Williams; American chemist (1838-1923). |
95 |
587 |
Moseley |
Crater, craters |
88.89 |
-90.2 |
20.95 |
Henry Gwyn Jeffreys; British physicist (1887-1915).
|
96 |
132 |
Mosting |
Crater, craters |
24.38 |
-5.88 |
-0.7 |
Johan Sigismund von; Danish benefactor (1759-1843).
|
97 |
588 |
Mouchez |
Crater, craters |
82.78 |
-26.82 |
78.38 |
Ernest Amedee Barthelemy; French astronomer (1821-1892).
|
98 |
589 |
Müller |
Crater, craters |
23.4 |
2.04 |
-7.64 |
Karl; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1866-1942). |
99 |
590 |
Murchison |
Crater, craters |
57.83 |
-0.21 |
5.07 |
Sir Roderick Impey; Scottish geologist (1792-1871).
|
100 |
591 |
Mutus |
Crater, craters |
76.33 |
29.93 |
-63.65 |
Vincente Mut, or Muth; Spanish astronomer (unkn-1673).
|