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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)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar aristarchus crater.jpg|<center>[[Aristarchus (crater)|Aristarchus]] {{small|(40 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar aristoteles crater.jpg|<center>[[Aristoteles (crater)|Aristoteles]] {{small|(88 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar bailly crater.jpg|<center>[[Bailly (crater)|Bailly]] {{small|(301 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater clavius.jpg|<center>[[Clavius (crater)|Clavius]] {{small|(231 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater copernicus.jpg|<center>[[Copernicus (lunar crater)|Copernicus]] {{small|(96 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater fra mauro.jpg|<center>[[Fra Mauro (crater)|Fra Mauro]] {{small|(97 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater humboldt.jpg|<center>[[Humboldt (crater)|Humboldt]] {{small|(199 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater janssen.jpg|<center>[[Janssen (lunar crater)|Janssen]] {{small|(201 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater langrenus.jpg|<center>[[Langrenus (crater)|Langrenus]] {{small|(132 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater longomontanus.jpg|<center>[[Longomontanus (crater)|Longomontanus]] {{small|(146 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater maginus.jpg|<center>[[Maginus (crater)|Maginus]] {{small|(156 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater metius.jpg|<center>[[Metius (crater)|Metius]] {{small|(84 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater moretus.jpg|<center>[[Moretus (crater)|Moretus]] {{small|(114 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater petavius.jpg|<center>[[Petavius (crater)|Petavius]] {{small|(184 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater picard.jpg|<center>[[Picard (crater)|Picard]] {{small|(22 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater piccolomini.jpg|<center>[[Piccolomini (crater)|Piccolomini]] {{small|(88 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater pitatus.jpg|<center>[[Pitatus (crater)|Pitatus]] {{small|(101 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater plinius.jpg|<center>[[Plinius (crater)|Plinius]] {{small|(41 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater rheita.jpg|<center>[[Rheita (crater)|Rheita]] {{small|(71 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater russell.jpg|<center>[[Russell (lunar crater)|Russell]] {{small|(103 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater schickard.jpg|<center>[[Schickard (crater)|Schickard]] {{small|(212 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater seleucus.jpg|<center>[[Seleucus (crater)|Seleucus]] {{small|(45 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater stadius.jpg|<center>[[Stadius (crater)|Stadius]] {{small|(68 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater stofler.jpg|<center>[[Stöfler (crater)|Stöfler]] {{small|(130 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater thebit.jpg|<center>[[Thebit (crater)|Thebit]] {{small|(55 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater theophilus.jpg|<center>[[Theophilus (crater)|Theophilus]] {{small|(99 km)}}</center> |
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File:Lage des Mondkraters Tycho.jpg|<center>[[Tycho (crater)|Tycho]] {{small|(85 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater vendelinus.jpg|<center>[[Vendelinus (crater)|Vendelinus]] {{small|(141 km)}}</center> |
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File:Location of lunar crater wargentin.jpg|<center>[[Wargentin (crater)|Wargentin]] {{small|(85 km)}}</center> |
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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.
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 |
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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