This is a list of Lunar craterscraters on the Moon . 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. Craters The lunar craters are listed in the following subsections. Where a formation has associated wikt satellite satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content See also portal Moon Lunar crater locations List of features on the MoonList of maria on the MoonList of mountains on the MoonList of valleys on the Moon Selenography List of lunar features References The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages. Lunar crater references cite book author Andersson, L. E. Ewen Whitaker Whitaker, E. A. , year ... Baltimore Project a Moon work The Moon Category Impact craters on the Moon Category Surface features of bodies of the Solar System Moon Category Lists of impact cratersMoon Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon als Liste der Krater des Erdmondes da M nekratere de Liste der Krater des .... , year 2004 title The Clementine Atlas of the Moon publisher Cambridge University Press location New ... on the Moon A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature publisher Tudor Publishers isbn 0 936389 ... BF00171763 cite book first Patrick last Moore authorlink Patrick Moore year 2001 title On the Moon ... The Moon observer s handbook publisher Cambridge University Press isbn 0521335000 cite book first Anton n last R kl authorlink Anton n R kl year 1990 title Atlas of the Moon publisher Kalmbach Books ... the Moon publisher Cambridge University Press isbn 0 521 62248 4 cite book first Peter T. last Wlasuk year 2000 title Observing the Moon publisher Springer isbn 1852331933 External links The following ... Atlas of the Moon http www.planet4589.org astro lunar Lunar Nomenclature http LPOD.wikispaces.com ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a impact crater crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content T class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym T. Mayer crater T. Mayer align right 33 km Tobias Mayer 1723 1762 Tacchini crater Tacchini align right 40 km Pietro Tacchini 1838 1905 Tacitus crater Tacitus align right 39 km Cornelius Tacitus circa 55 120 Tacquet crater Tacquet align right 7 km Andr Tacquet 1612 1660 Taizo crater Taizo align right 6 km Japanese language Japanese male name Talbot crater Talbot align right 11 km William Henry Fox Talbot 1800 1877 Tamm crater Tamm align right 38 km Igor Tamm 1895 1971 Tannerus crater Tannerus align right 28 km Adam Tanner mathematician Adam Tanner 1572 1632 Taruntius crater Taruntius align right 56 km Lucius Taruntius Firmanus flourished 86 BC Taylor crater Taylor align right 42 km Brook Taylor 1685 1731 Tebbutt crater Tebbutt align right 31 km John Tebbutt 1834 1916 Teisserenc lunar crater Teisserenc align right 62 km L on Teisserenc de Bort L on Philippe Teisserenc de Bort 1855 1913 Tempel crater Tempel align right 45 km Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel 1821 1889 Ten Bruggencate crater Ten Bruggencate align right 59 km Paul ten Bruggencate 1901 1961 Tereshkova crater Tereshkova align right 31 km Valentina Tereshkova 1937 Tesla crater Tesla align right 43 km Nikola Tesla 1856 1943 Thales crater Thales align right 31 km Thales of Miletus circa 636 546 BC Theaetetus crater Theaetetus align right 24 km Theaetetus mathematician Theaetetus circa 380 BC Thebit crater Thebit align right 56 ... crater Zwicky align right 150 km Fritz Zwicky 1898 1974 DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, T Z Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon T fr Liste des crat res de la Lune, T Z id Daftar ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content TOCleft br clear all R class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE Impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym Rabbi Levi crater Rabbi Levi align right 81 km Gersonides Levi Ben Gershon 1288 1344 Racah crater Racah align right 63 km Giulio Racah 1909 1965 Raimond crater Raimond align right 70 km Jean Jacques Raimond, Jr. 1903 1961 Raman crater Raman align right 10 km Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman 1888 1970 Ramon crater Ramon align right 17 km Ilan Ramon 1954&ndash 2003 Ramsay crater Ramsay align right 81 km William Ramsay 1852 1916 Ramsden crater Ramsden align right 24 km Jesse Ramsden 1735 1800 Rankine crater Rankine align right 8 km William John Macquorn Rankine 1820 1872 Raspletin crater Raspletin align right 48 km Aleksandr Andreyevich Raspletin 1908 1967 Ravi crater Ravi align right 2.5 km Indian language Indian male name Rayet crater Rayet align right 27 km Georges Antoine Pons Rayet 1839 1906 Rayleigh lunar crater Rayleigh align right 114 km John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh 1842 1919 Razumov crater Razumov align right 70 km Vladimir Vasil evich Razumov 1890 1967 R aumur crater R aumur align right 52 km Ren Antoine Ferchault de R aumur 1683 1757 Recht crater Recht align right 20 km Albert William Recht 1892 1962 Regiomontanus crater Regiomontanus align right 108 km Regiomontanus 1436 1476 Regnault crater Regnault align right 46 km Henri Victor Regnault 1810 1878 Reichenbach crater Reichenbach align right 71 km Georg von Reichenbach 1772 1826 Reimarus crater Reimarus align ... right 122 km Le Szil rd 1898 1964 DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, R S Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon R fr Liste des crat res de la Lune, R S id Daftar kawah di Bulan, R ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content TOCleft br clear all A class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym Abbe crater Abbe align right 66 km Ernst Abbe 1840 1905 Abbot crater Abbot align right 10 km Charles Greeley Abbot 1872 1973 Abel crater Abel align right 122 km Niels Henrik Abel 1802 1829 Abenezra crater Abenezra align right 42 km Abraham ibn Ezra 1092 1167 rowspan 2 Abetti crater Abetti rowspan 2 align right 1.5 km Antonio Abetti 1846 1928 Giorgio Abetti 1882 1982 Abul W fa crater Abul W fa align right 55 km Abul W fa 940 998 Abulfeda crater Abulfeda align right 65 km Abulfeda Ismael Abul fida 1273 1331 Acosta crater Acosta align right 13 km Cristobal Acosta 1515 1580 rowspan 3 Adams lunar crater Adams rowspan 3 align right 66 km John Couch Adams 1819 1892 Charles Hitchcock Adams 1868 1951 Walter Sydney Adams 1876 1956 Aepinus crater Aepinus align right 17.5 km Franz Aepinus 1724 1802 Agatharchides crater Agatharchides align right 48 km Agatharchides unknown circa 150 BC Agrippa crater Agrippa align right 44 km Agrippa astronomer Agrippa flourished 92 AD Airy lunar crater Airy align right 36 km George Biddell Airy 1801 1892 Aitken crater Aitken align right 135 km Robert Grant Aitken Robert Aitken 1864 1951 Akis crater Akis align right 2 km Greek language Greek female name Alan crater Alan align right 2 km Celtic language Celtic male Alan name name Al Bakri crater Al Bakri align right 12 km Abu Abdullah al Bakri 1010 1094 Albategnius crater Albategnius align right 114 km al Batani ... Byrgius crater Byrgius align right 87 km Joost B rgi 1552 1632 DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, A B Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon A da M nekratere, A B fr Liste des crat res ... more details
Craters of the Moon or Lunar craters can also mean List of craters on the MoonList of people with craters of the Moon named after them Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve in Idaho Craters of the Moon geothermal site in New Zealand disambig ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a impact crater crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content TOCleft O class wikitable style background eee impact crater Crater style background eee Diameter style background eee Eponym Oberth crater Oberth align right 60 km Hermann Oberth 1894 1989 Obruchev crater Obruchev align right 71 km Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev 1863 1956 O Day crater O Day align right 71 km Marcus O Day 1897 1961 Oenopides crater Oenopides align right 67 km Oenopides of Chios circa 500 430 BC Oersted crater Oersted align right 42 km Hans Christian rsted 1777 1851 Ohm crater Ohm align right 64 km Georg Simon Ohm 1789 1854 Oken crater Oken align right 71 km Lorenz Oken Lorenz Ockenfuss 1779 1851 Olbers crater Olbers align right 74 km Heinrich Wilhelm Matth us Olbers 1758 1840 Olcott crater Olcott align right 81 km William Tyler Olcott 1873 1936 Olivier crater Olivier align right 69 km Charles Pollard Olivier 1884 1975 Omar Khayyam crater Omar Khayyam align right 70 km Omar Khayy m circa 1050 1123 Onizuka crater Onizuka align right 29 km Ellison Onizuka Ellison Shoji Onizuka 1946 1986 Opelt crater Opelt align right 48 km Friedrich Wilhelm Opelt 1794 1863 Oppenheimer crater Oppenheimer align right 208 km J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 1967 Oppolzer crater Oppolzer align right 40 km Theodor von Oppolzer 1841 1886 Oresme crater Oresme align right 76 km Nicole Oresme circa 1323 1382 rowspan 2 Orlov crater Orlov rowspan 2 style text align right 81 km Aleksandr Iakovlevich Orlov 1880 1954 Sergei Vladimirovich Orlov 1880 1958 Orontius crater Orontius align right 105 km Oronce ... 55 km Lambert Adolphe Jacques Qu telet 1796 1874 DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, O Q Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon O fr Liste des crat res de la Lune, O Q id Daftar kawah ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a impact crater crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content G class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym G. Bond crater G. Bond align right 20 km George Phillips Bond 1826 1865 Gadomski crater Gadomski align right 65 km Jan Gadomski 1889 1966 Gagarin crater Gagarin align right 265 km Yuri Gagarin 1934 1968 Galen crater Galen align right 10 km Claudius Galen circa 129 200 Galilaei lunar crater Galilaei align right 15 km Galileo Galilei 1564 1642 Galle lunar crater Galle align right 21 km Johann Gottfried Galle 1812 1910 Galois crater Galois align right 222 km variste Galois 1811 1832 Galvani crater Galvani align right 80 km Luigi Galvani 1737 1798 Gambart crater Gambart align right 25 km Jean F lix Adolphe Gambart 1800 1836 Gamow crater Gamow align right 129 km George Gamow 1904 1968 Ganskiy crater Ganskiy align right 43 km Aleksey Ganskiy Aleksey P. Hansky Ganskiy 1870 1908 Ganswindt crater Ganswindt align right 74 km Hermann Ganswindt 1856 1934 Garavito crater Garavito align right 74 km Julio Garavito Armero 1865 1920 Gardner crater Gardner align right 18 km Irvine Clifton Gardner 1889 1972 G rtner crater G rtner align right 115 km Christian G rtner circa 1750 1813 Gassendi crater Gassendi align right 101 km Pierre Gassendi 1592 1655 Gaston crater Gaston align right 2 km French language French male name Gaudibert crater Gaudibert align right 34 km Casimir Marie Gaudibert 1823 1901 Gauricus crater Gauricus align right 79 km Luca Gaurico 1476 1558 Gauss crater Gauss align right 177 ... at the USGS . It is possible that C.A. Kinau will be struck from this list. DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, G K Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon G da M nekratere, G K fr Liste ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a impact crater crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content C class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym C. Herschel crater C. Herschel align right 13 km Caroline Herschel 1750 1848 C. Mayer crater C. Mayer align right 38 km Christian Mayer astronomer Christian Mayer 1719 1783 Cabannes crater Cabannes align right 80 km Jean Cabannes 1885 1959 Cabeus crater Cabeus align right 98 km Niccol Cabeo 1586 1650 Cailleux crater Cailleux align right 50 km Andre Cailleux 1907 1986 Cai Lun crater Cai Lun align right 43 km Cai Lun 57 131 Cajal crater Cajal align right 9 km Santiago Ram n y Cajal 1852 1934 Cajori crater Cajori align right 70 km Florian Cajori 1859 1930 Calippus crater Calippus align right 32 km Calippus of Cyzicus circa 330 BC Cameron crater Cameron align right 10 km Robert Curry Cameron 1925 1972 Campanus crater Campanus align right 48 km Campanus of Novara circa 13th century rowspan 2 Campbell lunar crater Campbell rowspan 2 align right 219 km Leon Campbell 1881 1951 William Wallace Campbell 1862 1938 Cannizzaro crater Cannizzaro align right 56 km Stanislao Cannizzaro 1826 1910 Cannon crater Cannon align right 56 km Annie Jump Cannon 1863 1941 rowspan 2 Cantor crater Cantor rowspan 2 align right 81 km Georg Cantor 1845 1918 Moritz Cantor 1829 1920 Capella crater Capella align right 90 km Martianus Capella circa 400 AD Capuanus crater Capuanus align right 59 km Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia circa 1400 Cardanus crater Cardanus align right 49 km Girolamo Cardano 1501 1576 Carlini ... Furnerius crater Furnerius align right 135 km Georges Furner flourished 1643 DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On The Moon, C F Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon C da M nekratere, C F fr Liste ... more details
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon . Where a impact crater crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages. Mooncraters content TOCleft br clear all L class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter bgcolor EEEEEE Eponym L. Clark crater L. Clark align right 16 km Laurel B. Clark Laurel Blair Salton Clark 1961&ndash 2003 La Caille crater La Caille align right 67 km Nicolas Louis de Lacaille 1713 1762 La Condamine crater La Condamine align right 37 km Charles Marie de La Condamine 1701 1774 La P rouse crater La P rouse align right 77 km Jean Fran ois de Galaup, comte de La P rouse 1741 1788 Lacchini crater Lacchini align right 58 km Giovanni Lacchini 1884 1967 Lacroix crater Lacroix align right 37 km Sylvestre Lacroix Sylvestre Francois de Lacroix 1765 1843 Lade crater Lade align right 55 km Heinrich Eduard von Lade 1817 1904 Lagalla crater Lagalla align right 85 km Giulio Cesare Lagalla 1571 1624 Lagrange crater Lagrange align right 225 km Joseph Louis Lagrange 1736 1813 Lalande crater Lalande align right 24 km Joseph J r me Le Fran ois de Lalande 1732 1807 Lallemand crater Lallemand align right 18 km Andr Lallemand 1904 1978 Lamarck crater Lamarck align right 100 km Jean Baptiste Lamarck Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck 1744 1829 Lamb crater Lamb align right 106 km Sir Horace Lamb 1849 1934 Lambert lunar crater Lambert align right 30 km Johann Heinrich Lambert 1728 1777 Lam crater Lam align right 84 km Gabriel Lam 1795 1870 Lam ch crater Lam ch align right 13 km F lix Chemla Lam ch 1894 1962 Lamont lunar crater Lamont align right 106 km Johann von Lamont 1805 1879 Lampland lunar crater Lampland align right 65 km Carl Otto Lampland 1873 1951 Landau ... references Category Lists of impact craters on the Moon L fr Liste des crat res de la Lune, L N id ... more details
The following is a list of people whose names were given to impact crater craters of the Moon . compactTOC8 side yes top yes num yes NOTOC A Ernst Karl Abbe Charles Greeley Abbot Niels Henrik Abel Antonio Abetti Giorgio Abetti Abu Abdullah al Bakri Ab al Waf al B zj n Charles Hitchcock Adams John Couch Adams Walter Sydney Adams Agatharchides Agrippa astronomer Agrippa Pierre d Ailly George Biddell Airy Robert Grant Aitken Ajima Naonobu Harold Alden Kurt Alder Buzz Aldrin Nikolai Alekhin Alexander the Great Alfonso X of Castile Dinsmore Alter Florentino Ameghino Giovanni Battista Amici Ammonius Saccas Guillaume Amontons Roald Amundsen Anaxagoras Anaximander Anaximenes of Miletus Karel And l William Anders John August Anderson Leif Erland Andersson Aleksandr Andronov Anders Jonas ngstr m Ansgar Eug ne Michel Antoniadi Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d Anville Petrus Apianus Apollonius of Perga Edward Victor Appleton Fran ois Arago Aratus Archimedes Archytas Friedrich Wilhelm Argelander Aristarchus of Samos Aristillus Aristotle Franciszek Armi ski Neil Armstrong Christoph Arnold Svante Arrhenius Lev Artsimovich Aryabhata Arzachel Goryu Asada Giuseppe Asclepi Joseph Ashbrook Francis William Aston George Atwood Autolycus of Pitane Arthur Auwers Adrien Auzout Oswald Avery Avicenna B Walter Baade Georgi Babakin Charles Babbage Harold D. Babcock Ernst Emil Alexander Back Oskar Backlund Roger Bacon Benjamin Baillaud Jean Sylvain Bailly Francis Baily Aleksei Balandin Vasco N ez de Balboa Fernand Baldet Johann Jakob Balmer Tadeusz Banachiewicz Wilder Dwight Bancroft Frederick Banting Charles Glover Barkla Edward Emerson Barnard Francesco Barozzi Daniel Barringer geologist Daniel Barringer Muhammad ibn J bir al Harr n al Batt n Johann Bayer Anton n Be v ... Refimprove article date August 2007 See also List of craters on the Moon The Moon Category Lists of people by name feature Craters Category Moon ... more details
Infobox protected area name Craters of the Moon National Wilderness iucn category Ib map USA relief map caption location Butte County, Idaho Butte Blaine County, Idaho Blaine counties, Idaho , United States USA nearest city Pocatello, Idaho Pocatello, ID lat d 43 lat m 24 lat s 0 lat NS N long d 113 long m 30 long s 0 long EW W region US area 43,243 acres 175 km sup 2 sup established 1970 visitation num visitation year governing body National Park Service The Craters of the Moon National Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Idaho . The wilderness is managed by the National Park Service and is integral with Craters of the Moon National Monument . Set aside to protect volcanic features which ended 2,100 years ago, the wilderness has numerous lava flows, cinder cones and moon like craters. The region was utilized by NASA to help prepare astronauts for moon walks as they believed that the region would provide a similar setting to what astronauts could expect to see on the moon . U.S. Wilderness Area s do not allow motor vehicles motorized or mechanization mechanized vehicles, including bicycle s. Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no forestry logging or mining , in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act . Wilderness areas within United States National Forest National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season. No hunting is permitted in this wilderness. See also List of U.S. Wilderness Areas Wilderness Act External links cite web url http www.nps.gov archive crmo wildpurpose.htm title Craters of the Moon Wilderness Area work National Park System publisher accessdate 2008 02 26 cite web url http www.wilderness.net index.cfm?fuse NWPS&sec wildView&wname Craters 20of 20the 20Moon 20National title Craters of the Moon National Wilderness Area work The National ... Areas of Idaho DEFAULTSORT Craters Of The Moon National Wilderness Category Protected areas of Blaine ... more details
Other uses Craters of the Moon disambiguation coord 38 38.8 S 176 4.1 E display title Craters of the Moon ... , with help from the Craters of the Moon Trust , a volunteer organisation that provides information for visitors and passive vehicle security. File Craters of the Moon.JPG thumb 300px Steam vents at Craters of the Moon History In 1859 Ferdinand von Hochstetter , an Austrian geologist who traveled ... activity at Craters of the Moon. The geysers at Wairakei Geyser Valley totally disappeared, but the heat output at Craters of the Moon increased. A lot of hydrothermal eruptions occurred, which formed the craters. In 1950, the total heat output at Craters of the Moon was about 40 MW megawatts ... 7 MW in 1978. The blowhole finally ceased altogether in 1987. Features of Craters of the Moon File Karapiti ... of crater Craters of the Moon is a steamfield with a total of about convert 36 ha km2 of heated ... craters, but it also has fumaroles blowholes and a mudpool. Vegetation around the area of the Craters of the Moon is quite uncommon. Craters All the craters at The Craters of the Moon are the result of hydrothermal ... Given Given 1980 ref Visitor access to Craters of the MoonCraters of the Moon is open to visitors ... ground and fumaroles Craters of the Moon Trust In 1991 the constant break ins in cars at the rather ... Craters of the Moon Thermal Area . Pirongia, New Zealand, 2003. ISBN 0473091429 External links http www.cratersofthemoon.co.nz index.html Website of Craters of the Moon Trust DEFAULTSORT Craters Of The Moon ... eruption craters, which are in part barren and which have bright colours. Combined with the numerous ... appearance, and the sulphur smell, the whole area has an unearthly atmosphere. The craters are a relatively ... or craters as deep as 20 m. Hydrothermal eruptions occur about once a year. Fumaroles The openings ... in size from one centimetre to half a meter in diameter. The most powerful fumarole observed at Craters of the Moon occurred December 1967. It had a heat output of 116 MW. ref name Mong05 Mongillo 2003 ... more details
The surface of Jupiter s moon, Europa moon Europa , is very young, geologically speaking, and as a result there are very few Impact crater crater s. Furthermore, as Europa s surface is potentially made of weak water ice over a liquid ocean, most surviving craters have slumped so that their structure is very low in relief. Most of the craters that are large enough to have names are named after prominent figures in Celtic mythology Celtic myths and folklore. Here is a list of Europan craters class wikitable Crater Named after ine crater ine Aine ine Amergin crater Amergin Amergin Angus crater Angus Aengus Angus Avagddu crater Avagddu Avagddu Balor crater Balor Balor Brigid crater Brigid Brigid Camulus crater Camulus Camulus Cilix crater Cilix Cilix Cliodhna crater Cliodhna Cliodhna Cormac crater Cormac Cormac mac Airt Deirdre crater Deirdre Deirdre Diarmud crater Diarmud Diarmuid Ua Duibhne Dylan crater Dylan Dylan Eil Ton Elathan crater Elathan Elathan Govannan crater Govannan Govannan Gr inne crater Gr inne Gr inne Gwydion crater Gwydion Gwydion Llyr crater Llyr Llyr Mael D in crater Mael Duin Mael D in Maeve crater Maeve Maeve Manann n crater Manann n Manannan mac Lir Manann n mac Lir Math crater Math Math ap Mathonwy Morvran crater Morvran Morvran Niamh crater Niamh Niamh Ois n crater Ois n Ossian O sin Pryderi crater Pryderi Pryderi Pwyll crater Pwyll Pwyll Rhiannon crater Rhiannon Rhiannon Taliesin crater Taliesin Taliesin Tegid crater Tegid Tegid Veol Uaithne crater Uaithne Uaithne See also the list of lineae on Europa and the list of geological features on Europa . External links http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jupiter euroTOC.html USGS Europa nomenclature http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jupiter eurocrat.html USGS Europa Nomenclature Craters DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On Europa Category Impact craters on Jupiter s moons Europa Category Surface features of bodies of the Solar System Europa Category Lists of impact craters Europa Category Europa moon es Anexo ... more details
Image Burns cliff.jpg thumb right 250px Opportunity rover MER B images Burns Cliff inside Endurance Crater in 2004 NASA . There are hundreds of thousands of Impact crater craters on Mars larger than 1 km, but only about 1000 of them have names. Names are assigned by the International Astronomical Union after petitioning by relevant scientists, and in general, only craters that have a significant research interest are given names. Martian craters are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors, or if less than 60 km in diameter, after towns on Earth . Craters cannot be named for living people, and names for small craters are rarely intended to commemorate a specific town. ref http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov Page Categories Categories for Naming Features on Planets and Satellites , Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature, USGS Astrogeology Science Center , NASA ref Latitude and longitude are given as planetographic coordinates with west longitude. NOTOC By letter List of craters on Mars A G List of craters on Mars H N List of craters on Mars O Z See also This section is linked from Smith commonscat Impact craters on Mars List of catenae on Mars List of mountains on Mars References reflist External links http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov Page MARS target USGS Martian system nomenclature Mars DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters On Mars Category Impact craters on Mars Category Surface features of bodies of the Solar System Mars Category Lists of impact craters Mars de Liste der Marskrater es Cr teres de Marte fr Liste des crat res de Mars it Lista dei crateri di Marte nl Lijst van kraters op Mars nds List vun de Marskraters pl Lista krater w na Marsie pt Anexo Lista de crateras em Marte sk Zoznam kr terov na Marse sv Lista ver kratrar p Mars zh ... more details
Other uses Craters of the Moon disambiguation pp move indef small yes Infobox protected area name Craters ... Service and Bureau of Land Management BLM File Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve.jpg thumb 500px Craters of the Moon from U.S. 20 26 93 Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve ... were designated as Craters of the Moon National Preserve in August 2002. It lies in parts of Blaine .... ref name Louter1992 harvnb Louter 1992 ref Geography and geologic setting Image Craters of the Moon within Idaho.jpg thumb Craters of the Moon within Idaho The Craters of the Moon Lava Field spreads ... 1999 p 340 ref The 60 distinct lava flows that form the Craters of the Moon Lava Field range in age ... and Wapi lava fields, both about 2,200 years old, are part of the National Preserve. Craters of the Moon ... end. Craters of the Moon is located in south central Idaho midway between Boise, Idaho Boise and Yellowstone ... Kiver 1999 p 338 ref Northern Shoshone created trails through the Craters of the Moon Lava Field ... and considered them useless. Image Big Southern Butte at Craters of the Moon NM 750px.JPG thumb ... the cutoff. A large wagon train left in July 1862 and met up with more wagon s at Craters of the Moon ... that it looked like the surface of the Moon . Geologists Harold T. Stearns coined the name Craters ... from fur trappers about strange things they had seen while ranging the region . Image Craters of the Moon ... called the area Craters of the Moon, helping to solidify the use of that name. In the article he had ... p 7 ref Protection and later history Image Craters of the Moon management sections map.jpg thumb 250px ... extent of the Monument. In large part due to Limbert s work, Craters of the Moon National Monument ... aside a large part of it convert 43243 acre km2 0 as Craters of the Moon National Wilderness , protecting ... of Idaho. NASA astronauts discovered that real Mooncraters were almost all created by meteorite .... Apollo astronauts performed part of their training at Craters of the Moon Lava Field by learning ... more details
This List of impact craters in Antarctica includes only unconfirmed and theoretical impact sites in Antarctica and the surrounding waters of the Southern Ocean . There are not yet any confirmed impact sites in Antarctica according to the Earth Impact Database . Unconfirmed impact craters The following craters are officially considered unconfirmed because they are not listed in the Earth Impact Database. Due to stringent requirements regarding evidence and peer reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven. class wikitable sortable Name Location Diameter Age Coordinates Source Bowers Antarctica 100 km unknown align right coord 71.2 S 176 E name Bowers Impact Field Studies Group IFSG ref name IFSG impact database cite web last Rajmon first David title Impact Database date 2009 07 01 url http impacts.rajmon.cz accessdate 2009 10 05 ref Ross Antarctica 550 km Oligocene align right coord 77.5 S 178.5 E name Ross Impact Field Studies Group IFSG ref name IFSG impact database Wilkes Land crater Wilkes Land Wilkes Land , Antarctica 485 km 500 million? align right coord 70 S 120 E name Wilkes Land see article References reflist See also Impact crater s Impact event s Bolide s and Meteorite s Earth Impact Database primary source Traces of Catastrophe book from Lunar and Planetary Institute comprehensive reference on impact crater science External links http www.unb.ca passc ImpactDatabase Earth Impact Database List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick kml Impact cratering on Earth Category Impact craters of Antarctica Category Lists of impact craters on Earth Antarctica Category Lists of coordinates Impact craters on Earth, List of Category Prehistory of Antarctica Category Antarctica related lists Impact craters hu Antarktiszi ... more details
158.0 E align right 95 km See also List of craters on the Moon External links http www.psrd.hawaii.edu Jan07 MarsRayedCraters.html Rayed craters on Mars DEFAULTSORT List Of Craters With Ray Systems Category Lists of impact craters ray systems ...This is a list of craters with ray system s . In the following tables, the listed coordinate s and the diameter are for the crater. Mercury planet Mercury The following craters on Mercury possess ray systems. class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE Impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Latitude bgcolor EEEEEE Longitude bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter Debussy crater Debussy align right 33.9 S align right 347.5 W align right 85 km Degas crater Degas align right 37.4 N align right 126.4 W align right 60 km Hokusai crater Hokusai align right 58.3 N align right 342.3 W align right 95 km Kuiper crater on Mercury Kuiper align right 11.3 S align right 31.5 W align right 62 km Mars The following craters on Mars possess ray systems These were discovered in THEMIS infrared images . class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE Impact crater Crater bgcolor EEEEEE Latitude bgcolor EEEEEE Longitude bgcolor EEEEEE Diameter Dilly crater Dilly align right 37.4 N align right 126.4 E align right 2 km Unnamed crater Unnamed align right 22.5 N align right 151.4 E align right 2.5 km Gratteri crater Gratteri align right 17.7 S align right 199.9 E align right 6.9 km Tomini crater Tomini align right 16.3 N align right 125.9 E align right 7.4 km Zumba crater Zumba align right 28.7 S align right 226.9 E align right 3.3 km Zunil crater Zunil align right 7.7 N align right 166 E align right 10.4 km Corinto crater Corinto align right 16.9 N align right 141.7 E align right 13.5 km Moon This table lists the lunar impact craters that have ray systems. Crater names followed by a letter are satellite craters associated with the primary crater of the same name. class wikitable bgcolor EEEEEE ... more details
This List of impact crater s in Asia includes all confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database . These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim craters rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface features. class wikitable sortable Name Location Diameter Age years Coordinates Beyenchime Salaatin crater Beyenchime Salaatin Russia 8 km 40 20 million align right coord 71 0 N 121 40 E name Beyenchime Salaatin Bigach crater Bigach Kazakhstan 8 km 5 3 million align right coord 48 34 N 82 1 E name Bigach Chiyli crater Chiyli Kazakhstan 5.5 km 46 7 million align right coord 49 10 N 57 51 E name Chiyli Chukcha crater Chukcha Russia 6 km 70 million align right coord 75 42 N 97 48 E name Chukcha El gygytgyn Russia 18 km 3.5 0.5 million align right coord 67 30 N 172 5 E name El gygytgyn Kara crater Kara Russia 65 km 70.3 2.2 million align right coord 69 6 N 64 9 E name Kara Karakul Tajikistan Karakul Tajikistan 52 km 5 million align right coord 39 1 N 73 27 E name Kara Kul Logancha crater Logancha Russia 20 km 40 20 million align ... ImpactDatabase Earth Impact Database List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary and Space Science Centre, University of New Brunswick kml Impact cratering on Earth Category Impact craters of Asia Category Lists of impact craters on Earth Asia Category Lists of coordinates Impact craters on Earth, List of Category Asia related lists Impact craters hu zsiai becsap d si kr terek list ja ... Mongolia 1.3 km 150 20 million align right coord 44 8 N 109 39 E name Tabun Khara Obo Wabar craters ... Unconfirmed impact craters The following craters are officially considered unconfirmed because they are not listed ... reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could ... more details
GeoGroupTemplate TOC Clear Confirmed impact craters This list of impact crater s in Africa includes all confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database . These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim craters rim diameter, and may not correspond to present surface features. class wikitable sortable Name Location Diameter km Age years Coordinates Amguid crater Amguid Algeria 0.45 100,000 align right Coord 26 5 N 4 24 E name Amguid Aorounga crater Aorounga Chad 12.6 345 million align right Coord 19 6 N 19 15 E name Aorounga Aouelloul crater Aouelloul Mauritania 0.39 3.0 0.3 million align right Coord 20 15 N 12 41 W name Aouelloul Arkenu craters Arkenu 1 Libya 6.8 140 million align right Coord 22 6 N 23 48 E name Arkenu 1 Arkenu craters Arkenu 2 Libya 10 140 million align right Coord 22 3 N 23 43 E name Arkenu 2 BP Structure Libya 2 120 million align right Coord 25 19 N 24 19 E name BP Structure Bosumtwi crater Bosumtwi Ghana 10.5 1.07 million align right Coord 6 30 N 1 25 W name Bosumtwi Gweni Fada crater Gweni Fada Chad 14 345 million align right Coord 17 25 N 21 45 E name Gweni Fada Kalkkop crater Kalkkop South Africa 0.64 0.25 million align right Coord 32 43 S 24 26 E name Kalkkop Kamil Crater Kamil Egypt 0.045 2000 align right ... craters The following craters are officially considered unconfirmed because they are not listed in the Earth ..., newly discovered craters or those with difficulty collecting evidence generally are known for some time before becoming listed. However, entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact ... passc ImpactDatabase Earth Impact Database List of confirmed earth impact sites at the Planetary ... Impact craters of Africa Category Lists of coordinates Africa Category Lists of impact craters on Earth Africa Category Africa related lists Impact craters hu Afrikai becsap d si kr terek list ja ... more details
This is a list of named craters on Mercury planet Mercury . Most Mercurian impact crater craters are named after famous writer s and artist s. Craters larger than 250 km in diameter are referred to as basins ... text all.word Bot generated title ref Terminology As on the Moon and Mars, sequences of craters and basins ... craters and basins on Mercury than on the Moon or Mars, and are particularly useful in determining ..., v. 3, no. l, p. 53 58. ref Overlap relations among many large mercurian craters and basins are clearer than those on the Moon. Therefore, as this map shows, we can build up many local stratigraphic ..., and secondary crater fields have undergone systematic changes with time. The youngest craters or basins in a local stratigraphic sequence have the sharpest, crispest appearance. The oldest craters consist ..., five age categories of craters and basins have been mapped the characteristics of each are listed ... other map units. Generally smaller and fewer than older craters. c4 Fresh but slightly modified craters Similar in morphology to c5 craters but without bright haloes or rays sharp rim crests continuous ... materials. c3 Modified craters Rim crest continuous but slightly rounded and subdued. Ejecta blanket generally less extensive than those of younger craters of similar size. Superposed craters and rays common smooth plains and intermediate plains materials cover floors of many craters. Central peaks more common than in c4 craters, probably because of larger average size of c3 craters. c2 Subdued craters Low rimmed, relatively shallow craters, many with discontinuous rim crests. Floors covered by smooth ... plains material. c1 Degraded craters Similar to c2 crater material but more deteriorated many superposed craters. Direction of Increasing Longitude west compactTOC8 side yes top yes num ... playwright Zola crater Zola 50.1 N 177.3 W 80 Emile Zola , French novelist See also List of geological features on Mercury List of quadrangles on Mercury References reflist Batson R.M., Russell ... more details
GeoGroupTemplate This list of impact crater s on Earth includes confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database . Confirmed impact craters listed by size File Vredefort Dome STS51I 33 56AA.jpg thumb right 100px Vredefort crater , 300km. File Sudbury Wanapitei WorldWind.jpg thumb right 100px Sudbury Basin , 250km. File Yucatan chix crater.jpg thumb right 100px Chicxulub crater , 170km. File STS009 Manicouagan.jpg thumb right 100px Manicouagan crater , 100km. File Popigai crater russia.jpg thumb right 100px Popigai crater , 100km. File Chesapeake Crater boundaries map.png thumb right 100px Chesapeake Bay impact crater , 90km. File Acraman.jpg thumb right 100px Acraman crater , 90km. File Puchezh Katunki crater Russia lansat 7 image.jpg thumb right 100px Puchezh Katunki crater ... Oblast , Ukraine 20 169 7 align right coord 49 35 N 32 55 E name Obolon All craters listed alphabetically See List of impact craters in Africa List of impact craters in Antarctica List of impact craters in Asia List of impact craters in Australia List of impact craters in Europe List of impact craters in North America List of impact craters in South America See also Impact crater s Impact event ... right 100px Karakul Tajikistan Karakul , 52km 14th . Only the largest craters 20 km or more diameter ... were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters the stated diameter typically refers to an estimate of original rim craters rim diameter and may ... primary source for this list Impact Field Studies Group External links http impacts.rajmon.cz Impact Database formerly Suspected Earth Impact Sites list maintained by David Rajmon for http web.eps.utk.edu ... Viewer Google Maps Page with Locations of Meteor Craters around the world Impact cratering on Earth state plain Category Lists of impact craters on Earth Category Lists of coordinates Impact craters on Earth, List of de Liste der Einschlagkrater der Erde el es Anexo ... more details
This is a List of impact crater s in Australia that includes all confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database . ref Bevan, Alex. and Ken McNamara 2009 Australia s meteorite craters Welshpool, W. A. Western Australian Museum, 2nd ed. ISBN 9781920843960 pbk. and other sources provide a contrast in methodology and limitations to the information in the EID ref class wikitable sortable Name Location Diameter Age years Coordinates Acraman crater Acraman South Australia 90 km about 590 million align right coord 32 1 S 135 27 E name Acraman Amelia Creek crater Amelia Creek Northern Territory 20 km 1660 600 million align right coord 20 55 S 134 50 E name Amelia Creek Boxhole crater Boxhole Northern Territory 0.17 km 5,400 1,500 align right coord 22 37 S 135 12 E name Boxhole Connolly Basin crater Connolly Basin Western Australia 9 km 60 million align right coord 23 32 S 124 45 E name Connolly Basin Crawford crater Crawford South Australia 8.5 km 35 million align right coord 34 43 S 139 2 E name Crawford Dalgaranga crater Dalgaranga Western Australia 0.024 km about 3000 align right coord 27 38 S 117 17 E name Dalgaranga Flaxman crater Flaxman South Australia 10 km 35 million align right coord 34 37 S 139 4 E name Flaxman Foelsche crater Foelsche Northern Territory 6 km 545 ... Category Impact craters of Australia Category Lists of impact craters on Earth Australia Category Lists of coordinates Impact craters on Earth, List of Category Australia related lists Impact craters ... coord 27 10 S 118 50 E name Yarrabubba Unconfirmed impact craters The following craters are officially ... requirements regarding evidence and peer reviewed publication, newly discovered craters or those with difficulty ..., entries on the unconfirmed list could still have an impact origin disproven. class wikitable sortable ... comprehensive reference on impact crater science External links http whc.unesco.org en list 1162 Unesco http www.unb.ca passc ImpactDatabase Earth Impact Database List of confirmed earth impact sites ... more details
This is a list of craters on asteroid 253 Mathilde . Because Mathilde is a dark, carbon aceous body, its Impact crater crater s have been named after famous coalfield s from across the world. class wikitable Crater Named after Aachen crater Aachen Aachen , Germany Baganur crater Baganur Baganur , Mongolia Benham crater Benham Benham, Kentucky Benham , Kentucky KY , USA Clackmannan crater Clackmannan Clackmannan , Scotland Damodar crater Damodar Damodar River Damodar , India Enugu crater Enugu Enugu , Nigeria Ishikari crater Ishikari Ishikari , Japan Jerada crater Jerada Jerada , Morocco Jixi crater Jixi Jixi , China Kalimantan crater Kalimantan Kalimantan , Indonesia Karoo crater Karoo Karoo , South Africa Kuznetsk crater Kuznetsk Kuznetsk , Russia Lorraine crater Lorraine Lorraine r gion Lorraine , France Lublin crater Lublin Lublin , Poland Maritsa crater Maritsa Maritsa Municipality Maritsa , Bulgaria Matanuska crater Matanuska Matanuska Susitna Valley Matanuska , Alaska AK , USA Mulgildie crater Mulgildie Mulgildie , Australia Oaxaca crater Oaxaca Oaxaca , Mexico Otago crater Otago Otago , New Zealand Quetta crater Quetta Quetta , Pakistan Similkameen crater Similkameen Similkameen Country Similkameen , Canada Teruel crater Teruel Teruel , Spain Zulia crater Zulia Zulia State , Venezuela External links http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jsp FeatureTypes2.jsp?system Asteroid 20Belt&body Mathilde&systemID 12&bodyID 54&sort AName&show Fname&show Lat&show Long&show Diam&show Stat&show Orig USGS Mathilde nomenclature Category Surface features of bodies of the Solar System Mathilde Category Lists of impact craters 253 Mathilde Category Geological features on asteroids 253 Mathilde it Lista dei crateri di 253 Mathilde sk Zoznam kr terov na 253 Mathilde sl Seznam kraterjev na asteroidu Matilda th 253 ... more details
merge List of geological features on Callisto discuss Talk List of craters on Callisto Merger proposal date May 2009 Callisto moon Callisto , one of the many moons of Jupiter , is the most heavily Impact crater cratered natural satellite moon in the solar system . Many Callistoan craters have been given names, most of which are taken from the mythologies of the peoples of the Arctic Circle , although some are from Greek mythology Greek myths relating to the nymph Callisto mythology Callisto . Here is a list of all craters on Callisto that have been given names. The list class wikitable sortable Crater class unsortable Coordinate Diameter km Named after Adal crater Adal coord 75.5 N 79.7 W dim 41.7km globe callisto 41.7 Adal mythology Adal Norse mythology Norse Aegir crater Aegir coord 45.8 S 103.8 W dim 53.9km globe callisto 53.9 Aegir Norse mythology Norse Agloolik crater Agloolik coord 47.7 S 82.4 W dim 61.6km globe callisto 61.6 Agloolik Inuit mythology Inuit gr i crater gr i coord 43.2 N 10.9 W dim 67.4km globe callisto 67.4 kr s Uralic languages Uralic Ahti crater Ahti coord 41.4 N 102.4 W dim 54.8km globe callisto 54.8 Ahti Finnish mythology Finnish Ajleke crater Ajleke coord 22.7 N 101.4 W dim 70.0km globe callisto 70.0 Ajleke Sami religion Sami Akycha crater Akycha coord 72.6 N 318.7 W dim 81.0km globe callisto 81.0 Akycha Inuit mythology Inuit of Alaska Alfr crater Alfr coord 9.9 S 222.7 W dim 96.0km globe callisto 96.0 Elf Alfr Norse mythology Norse li crater li coord 59 N 55.9 W dim 32.9km globe callisto 32.9 li Norse mythology Norse narr crater narr coord 44.0 N 0.5 W dim 41.7km globe callisto 41.7 Annar narr Norse mythology Norse Arcas crater Arcas coord ... USGS Callisto Nomenclature Craters http www.lpi.usra.edu resources cc cchome.shtml Callisto Crater Database Lunar and Planetary Institute Category Lists of impact craters Callisto Category Surface features on Callisto Category Impact craters on Jupiter s moons ca Llista de cr ters a Cal listo ... more details
Ganymede moon Ganymede is the largest natural satellite moon in the solar system , and thus has many Impact crater craters covering its hard surface. Here is a list of Ganymedean craters that have been given names. Most are named after figures from Egyptian, Mesopotamian, and other ancient Middle Eastern myths. class wikitable sortable Crater style width 9em Coordinates Diameter Year named Named after Achelous crater Achelous coord 61.8 N 11.7 W globe ganymede dim 40.0km name Achelous 40.0 1979 Achelous , Greek river god father of Callirrhoe, Ganymede s mother. Adad crater Adad coord 57.5 N 358.1 W globe ganymede dim 39.0km name Adad 39.0 1979 Adad , Assyro Babylonian god of thunder. Adapa crater Adapa coord 73.1 N 31.3 W globe ganymede dim 56.0km name Adapa 56.0 1979 Adapa , Assyro Babylonian lost immortality when, at Ea s advice, he refused food of life. Agreus crater Agreus coord 15.9 N 232.7 W globe ganymede dim 63.0km name Agreus 63.0 1985 Agreus , Hunter god in Tyre. Agrotes crater Agrotes coord 60.9 N 192.5 W globe ganymede dim 74.0km name Agrotes 74.0 1985 Agrotes , Tyre greatest ... moon god. Epigeus crater Epigeus coord 23.4 N 180.6 W globe ganymede dim 343.0km name Epigeus 343.0 ... dim 70.0km name Haroeris 70.0 2000 Haroeris , Egyptian sky god whose eyes are the sun and the moon ... name Khensu 14.2 1997 Khensu , Egyptian moon god. Khepri crater Khepri coord 20.4 N 147.6 W globe ganymede ... , Egyptian moon god. Khumbam crater Khumbam coord 24.1 S 335.4 W globe ganymede dim 56.9km name ... 1985 Sin mythology Nanna , Sumerian moon god god of wisdom. Nefertum crater Nefertum coord 44.3 N ... Sin mythology Sin , Babylonian moon god. Tammuz crater Tammuz coord 13.4 N 230.6 W globe ganymede dim ... 43.3 S 147.2 W globe ganymede dim 102.5km name Thoth 102.5 1985 Thoth , Egyptian moon god invented ... date July 2011 http planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov jupiter ganycrat.html USGS Ganymede Nomenclature Craters ... Lists of impact craters Ganymede Category Impact craters on Ganymede es Anexo Cr teres de Gan medes ... more details
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