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[[File:Moon's impact crater Tycho.jpg|thumb|The large and relatively young lunar impact crater [[Tycho (lunar crater)|Tycho]] taken by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Using the Moon as a mirror — Hubble to watch transit of Venus in reflected light|url=http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1219a/|access-date=8 May 2012|newspaper=ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week}}</ref> ]] |
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This is a list of named [[lunar craters]]. The large majority of these features are [[impact crater]]s. The [[Planetary nomenclature|crater nomenclature]] is governed by the [[International Astronomical Union]], and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society. |
This is a list of named [[lunar craters]]. The large majority of these features are [[impact crater]]s. The [[Planetary nomenclature|crater nomenclature]] is governed by the [[International Astronomical Union]], and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society. |
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=== Prominent craters === |
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Locations and diameters of some prominent craters on the [[near side of the Moon]]: |
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File:Location of albategnius crater.jpg|{{center|[[Albategnius (crater)|Albategnius]] {{small|(131 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar aristarchus crater.jpg|{{center|[[Aristarchus (crater)|Aristarchus]] {{small|(40 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar aristoteles crater.jpg|{{center|[[Aristoteles (crater)|Aristoteles]] {{small|(88 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar bailly crater.jpg|{{center|[[Bailly (crater)|Bailly]] {{small|(301 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater clavius.jpg|{{center|[[Clavius (crater)|Clavius]] {{small|(231 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater copernicus.jpg|{{center|[[Copernicus (lunar crater)|Copernicus]] {{small|(96 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater fra mauro.jpg|{{center|[[Fra Mauro (crater)|Fra Mauro]] {{small|(97 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater humboldt.jpg|{{center|[[Humboldt (crater)|Humboldt]] {{small|(199 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater janssen.jpg|{{center|[[Janssen (lunar crater)|Janssen]] {{small|(201 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater langrenus.jpg|{{center|[[Langrenus (crater)|Langrenus]] {{small|(132 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater longomontanus.jpg|{{center|[[Longomontanus (crater)|Longomontanus]] {{small|(146 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater maginus.jpg|{{center|[[Maginus (crater)|Maginus]] {{small|(156 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater metius.jpg|{{center|[[Metius (crater)|Metius]] {{small|(84 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater moretus.jpg|{{center|[[Moretus (crater)|Moretus]] {{small|(114 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater petavius.jpg|{{center|[[Petavius (crater)|Petavius]] {{small|(184 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater picard.jpg|{{center|[[Picard (crater)|Picard]] {{small|(22 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater piccolomini.jpg|{{center|[[Piccolomini (crater)|Piccolomini]] {{small|(88 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater pitatus.jpg|{{center|[[Pitatus (crater)|Pitatus]] {{small|(101 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater plinius.jpg|{{center|[[Plinius (crater)|Plinius]] {{small|(41 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater rheita.jpg|{{center|[[Rheita (crater)|Rheita]] {{small|(71 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater russell.jpg|{{center|[[Russell (lunar crater)|Russell]] {{small|(103 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater schickard.jpg|{{center|[[Schickard (crater)|Schickard]] {{small|(212 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater seleucus.jpg|{{center|[[Seleucus (crater)|Seleucus]] {{small|(45 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater stadius.jpg|{{center|[[Stadius (crater)|Stadius]] {{small|(68 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater stofler.jpg|{{center|[[Stöfler (crater)|Stöfler]] {{small|(130 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater thebit.jpg|{{center|[[Thebit (crater)|Thebit]] {{small|(55 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater theophilus.jpg|{{center|[[Theophilus (crater)|Theophilus]] {{small|(99 km)}}}} |
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File:Lage des Mondkraters Tycho.jpg|{{center|[[Tycho (lunar crater)|Tycho]] {{small|(85 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater vendelinus.jpg|{{center|[[Vendelinus (crater)|Vendelinus]] {{small|(141 km)}}}} |
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File:Location of lunar crater wargentin.jpg|{{center|[[Wargentin (crater)|Wargentin]] {{small|(85 km)}}}} |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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{{portal|Moon}} |
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* [[List of lunar features]] |
* [[List of lunar features]] |
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* [[List of people with craters of the Moon named after them]] |
* [[List of people with craters of the Moon named after them]] |
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| url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ |
| url=http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ |
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| title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
| title=Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature |
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| publisher=USGS | |
| publisher=USGS | access-date=2007-08-05 }} |
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* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |
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| author=Bussey, B. |
| author=Bussey, B. |
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| publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York |
| publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=New York |
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| isbn=0-521-81528-2 }} |
| isbn=0-521-81528-2 }} |
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* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |
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| author=Cocks, Elijah E. |
| author=Cocks, Elijah E. |
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| author2=Cocks, Josiah C. |
| author2=Cocks, Josiah C. |
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| date=1995 |
| date=1995 |
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| title=Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |
| title=Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher=Tudor Publishers |
| publisher=Tudor Publishers |
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| isbn=0-936389-27-3 |
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| url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780936389271 |
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* {{cite web |
* {{cite web |
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| last=McDowell | first=Jonathan | date=July 15, 2007 |
| last=McDowell | first=Jonathan | date=July 15, 2007 |
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| title=Lunar Nomenclature |
| title=Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher=Jonathan's Space Report |
| publisher=Jonathan's Space Report |
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| access-date=2007-10-24 }} |
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* {{cite web |
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| last=Menzel | first=Donald H. | date=February 1971 |
| last=Menzel | first=Donald H. | date=February 1971 |
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| url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf |
| url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19710009151_1971009151.pdf |
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| title=Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature |
| title=Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature |
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| publisher=NASA | access-date=2008-08-07 }} |
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* {{cite journal |
* {{cite journal |
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| author = Menzel, D. H. |
| author = Menzel, D. H. |
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| issue = 2 | pages=136 |
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| bibcode=1971SSRv...12..136M |
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| doi = 10.1007/BF00171763 |
| doi = 10.1007/BF00171763| s2cid = 122125855 |
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* {{cite book | first=Patrick | last=Moore | author-link=Patrick Moore | date=2001 | title=On the Moon | publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. | isbn=0-304-35469-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/patrickmooreonmo00patr }} |
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| date=2001 | title=On the Moon |
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| publisher=Sterling Publishing Co. | isbn=0-304-35469-4 }} |
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* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |
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| first=Fred W. | last=Price | date=1988 |
| first=Fred W. | last=Price | date=1988 |
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| isbn=0-521-33500-0 }} |
| isbn=0-521-33500-0 }} |
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* {{cite book |
* {{cite book |
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| first=Antonín | last=Rükl | |
| first=Antonín | last=Rükl | author-link=Antonín Rükl |
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| date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon |
| date=1990 | title=Atlas of the Moon |
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| publisher=Kalmbach Books |
| publisher=Kalmbach Books |
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| isbn=0-913135-17-8 }} |
| isbn=0-913135-17-8 }} |
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* {{cite book | first=Rev. T. W. | last=Webb | author-link=Thomas William Webb | date=1962 | title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes | edition=6th revised | publisher=Dover | isbn=0-486-20917-2 | url=https://archive.org/details/celestialobjects00webb }} |
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| first=Ewen A. | last=Whitaker | author-link=Ewen Whitaker |
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| authorlink=Thomas William Webb | date=1962 |
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| title=Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes |
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| edition=6th revised | publisher=Dover |
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| isbn=0-486-20917-2 }} |
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* {{cite book |
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| first=Ewen A. | last=Whitaker | authorlink=Ewen Whitaker |
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| date=1999 | title=Mapping and Naming the Moon |
| date=1999 | title=Mapping and Naming the Moon |
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| publisher=Cambridge University Press |
| publisher=Cambridge University Press |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information. |
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information. |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201129/http://rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/ Astronomica Langrenus] — Italian Lunar Web Site |
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* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature] |
* [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature] |
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* [https://nft-x.space/moon-map Moon map. List of craters on the Moon] |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218085633/http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_atlases/ Lunar Atlases] at the Lunar & Planetary Institute |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111218085633/http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_atlases/ Lunar Atlases] at the Lunar & Planetary Institute |
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** [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon] |
** [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/ Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon] |
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* [http://www.planet4589.org/astro/lunar Lunar Nomenclature] |
* [http://www.planet4589.org/astro/lunar Lunar Nomenclature] |
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* [http://LPOD.wikispaces.com Lunar Photo of the Day] by Charles A. Wood ''et al.'' |
* [http://LPOD.wikispaces.com Lunar Photo of the Day] by Charles A. Wood ''et al.'' |
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[[Category:Lists of impact craters|Moon]] |
[[Category:Lists of impact craters|Moon]] |
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[[Category:Lists of impact craters on the Moon| |
[[Category:Lists of impact craters on the Moon| ]] |
This is a list of named lunar craters. The large majority of these features are impact craters. The crater nomenclature is governed by the International Astronomical Union, and this listing only includes features that are officially recognized by that scientific society.
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The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections. Where a formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.
Lunar craters are listed alphabetically on the following partial lists:
Locations and diameters of some prominent craters on the near side of the Moon:
The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.
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