List of craters on the Moon explained
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.
Craters
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.
Catalog
Lunar craters are listed alphabetically on the following partial lists:
Prominent craters
Locations and diameters of some prominent craters on the near side of the Moon:
See also
References
The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.
- Book: Andersson, L. E. . Whitaker, E. A. . Ewen Whitaker . 1982 . NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature . NASA RP-1097 .
- Web site: Blue . Jennifer . July 25, 2007 . Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature . USGS . 2007-08-05 .
- Book: Bussey, B. . Ben Bussey . Spudis, P. . Paul Spudis . 2004 . The Clementine Atlas of the Moon . Cambridge University Press . New York . 0-521-81528-2 .
- Book: Cocks, Elijah E. . Cocks, Josiah C. . 1995 . Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature . Tudor Publishers . 0-936389-27-3 .
- Web site: McDowell . Jonathan . July 15, 2007 . Lunar Nomenclature . Jonathan's Space Report . 2007-10-24 .
- Web site: Menzel . Donald H. . February 1971 . Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature . NASA . 2008-08-07 .
- Menzel, D. H. . Minnaert, M. . Levin, B. . Dollfus, A. . Bell, B. . Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU . Space Science Reviews . 1971 . 12 . 2 . 136 . 1971SSRv...12..136M . 10.1007/BF00171763. 122125855 .
- Book: Moore, Patrick . Patrick Moore . 2001 . On the Moon . Sterling Publishing Co. . 0-304-35469-4 .
- Book: Price, Fred W. . 1988 . The Moon observer's handbook . Cambridge University Press . 0-521-33500-0 .
- Book: Rükl, Antonín . Antonín Rükl . 1990 . Atlas of the Moon . Kalmbach Books . 0-913135-17-8 .
- Book: Webb, Rev. T. W. . Thomas William Webb . 1962 . Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes . 6th revised . Dover . 0-486-20917-2 .
- Book: Whitaker, Ewen A. . Ewen Whitaker . 1999 . Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press . 0-521-62248-4 .
- Book: Wlasuk
, Peter T. . 2000 . Observing the Moon . Springer . 1-85233-193-3 .
External links
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.
