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Lunar Database base de donnée lunaire Cratères, Crater, Rimae |
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Cratères, Crater
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For all the images © Jérôme
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C-D
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Endymion | 123 km | Endymion |
| Eratosthenes | 58 km | Eratosthenes (circa 276-196 B.C.) |
| Eudoxus | 67 km | Eudoxus of Cnidus (circa 408-355 B.C.) |
| Euler | 27 km | Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) |
| Fabricius | 78 km | David Fabricius (1564-1617) |
| Flammarion | 74 km | Camille Flammarion (1842-1925) |
| Flamsteed | 20 km | John Flamsteed (1646-1719) |
| Fontenelle | 38 km | Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757) |
| Fra Mauro | 101 km | Fra Mauro (unknown-1459) |
| Fracastorius | 112 km | Girolamo Fracastoro (1483-1553) |
| Furnerius | 135 km | Georges Furner (flourished 1643) |
| Gambart | 25 km | Jean Felix Gambart (1800-1836) |
| Gassendi | 101 km | Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) |
| Gauricus | 79 km | Luca Gaurico (1476-1558) |
| Geminus | 85 km | Geminus (unknown-circa 70 B.C.) |
| Gemma Frisius | 87 km | Reinier Jemma (1508-1555) |
| Goclenius | 72 km | Rudolf Gockel (1572-1621) |
| Goldschmidt | 113 km | Hermann Goldschmidt (1802-1866) |
| Grimaldi | 172 km | Francesco Maria Grimaldi (1618-1663) |
| Guericke | 63 km | Otto von Guericke (1602-1686) |
| Gutenberg | 74 km | Johann Gutenberg (circa 1398-1468) |
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Hainzel | 70 km | Paul Hainzel (flourished 1570) |
| Hansteen | 44 km | Christopher Hansteen (1784-1873) |
| Harpalus | 39 km | Harpalus (unknown-circa 460 B.C.) |
| Heinsius | 64 km | Gottfried Heinsius (1709-1769) |
| Helicon | 24 km | Helicon (unknown-circa 400 B.C.) |
| Hercules | 69 km | Hercules |
| Hevelius | 115 km | Johannes Hevelius (1611-1687) |
| Hipparchus | 138 km | Hipparchus (flourished 140 B.C.) |
| Hommel | 126 km | Johann Hommel (1518-1562) |
| Humboldt | 189 km | Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835) |
| J. Herschel | 165 km | John Herschel (1792-1871) |
| Jansen | 23 km | Zacharias Janszoon (1580-circa 1638) |
| Julius Caesar | 90 km | Julius Caesar (circa 102-44 B.C.) |
| Kepler | 31 km | Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) |
| Kies | 45 km | Johann Kies (1713-1781) |
| Krafft | 51 km | Wolfgang Ludwig Krafft (1743-1814) |
L-M
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Lambert | 30 km | Johann Heinrich Lambert (1728-1777) |
| Langrenus | 127 km | Michel Florent van Langren (circa 1600-1675) |
| Lansberg | 38 km | Philippe van Lansberg (1561-1632) |
| Le Monnier | 60 km | Pierre Charles Lemonnier (1715-1799) |
| Lexell | 62 km | Anders Johann Lexell (1740-1784) |
| Licetus | 74 km | Fortunio Liceti (1577-1657) |
| Lindenau | 53 km | Bernhard von Lindenau (1780-1854) |
| Longomontanus | 157 km | Christian Sørensen Longomontanus (1562-1647) |
| Lubiniezky | 43 km | Stanislaus Lubiniezky (1623-1675) |
| Macrobius | 64 km | Ambrosius Macrobius |
| Maginus | 194 km | Giovanni Antonio Magini |
| Marius | 41 km | Simon Marius |
| Maupertuis | 45 km | Pierre Louis de Maupertuis |
| Maurolycus | 114 km | Francesco Maurolico |
| Mersenius | 84 km | Marin Mersenne |
| Messala | 125 km | Messala |
| Messier | 11 km | Charles Messier |
| Meton | 130 km | Meton |
| Moretus | 111 km | Théodore Moretus |
| Mösting | 24 km | Johan Sigismund von Mösting |
| Mutus | 77 km | Vincente Mut (Muth) |
N-P
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Nasireddin | 52 km | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi |
| Nasmyth | 76 km | James Nasmyth |
| Nicollet | 15 km | Jean Nicholas Nicollet |
| Orontius | 105 km | Oronce Finé (1494-1555) |
| Pallas | 46 km | Peter Simon Pallas |
| Parry | 47 km | William Edward Parry |
| Petavius | 188 km | Denis Petau |
| Philolaus | 70 km | Philolaus of Croton |
| Phocylides | 121 km | Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker) |
| Piccolomini | 87 km | Alessandro Piccolomini |
| Pitatus | 106 km | Pietro Pitati |
| Plato | 109 km | Plato |
| Plinius | 43 km | Pliny the Elder |
| Posidonius | 95 km | Posidonius |
| Proclus | 28 km | Proclus Diadochus |
| Ptolemaeus | 164 km | Ptolemy |
| Purbach | 115 km | Georg Purbach |
| Pythagoras | 142 km | Pythagoras |
R-S
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Rabbi Levi | 81 km | Levi Ben Gershon |
| Regiomontanus | 108 km | Regiomontanus |
| Reiner | 29 km | Vincentio Reinieri |
| Reinhold | 42 km | Erasmus Reinhold |
| Riccioli | 139 km | Giovanni Battista Riccioli |
| Ritter | 29 km | Karl Ritter |
| August Ritter | ||
| Rost | 48 km | Leonhard Rost |
| Sacrobosco | 98 km | Johannes de Sacrobosco (John Holywood) |
| Santbech | 64 km | Daniel Santbech Noviomagus |
| Scheiner | 110 km | Christopher Scheiner |
| Schickard | 206 km | Wilhelm Schickard |
| Schiller | 180 km | Julius Schiller |
| Seleucus | 43 km | Seleucus of Seleucia |
| Sharp | 39 km | Abraham Sharp |
| Sirsalis | 42 km | Gerolamo Sersale |
| Stadius | 69 km | Johannes Stadius |
| Steinheil | 67 km | Karl August von Steinheil |
| Stevinus | 74 km | Simon Stevin |
| Stöfler | 126 km | Johannes Stöffler |
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Thebit | 56 km | Thabit ibn Qurra |
| Theophilus | 110 km | Theophilus |
| Timocharis | 33 km | Timocharis |
| Tycho | 102 km | Tycho Brahe |
| Vendelinus | 131 km | Godefroid Wendelin |
| Vieta | 87 km | Francois Vieta |
| Vitello | 42 km | Erazmus Ciolek Witelo |
| Walter | 1 km | (German male name) |
| Wargentin | 84 km | Pehr Vilhelm Wargentin |
| Werner | 70 km | Johann Werner |
| Wilhelm | 106 km | Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse |
| Wurzelbauer | 88 km | Johann Philipp von Wurzelbauer |
| Zach | 70 km | Franz Xaver von Zach |
| Zucchius | 64 km | Niccolo Zucchi |