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The large and relatively young lunar impact crater Tycho taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. [1]This is a list of named lunar craters.The large majority of these features are impact craters.
The following is a list of people whose names were given to craters of the Moon. The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the person the crater is named for.
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 (37 mi) in diameter, after towns on Earth .
A space station is distinguished from other manned spacecraft by its lack of major propulsion or landing facilities - instead, other vehicles are used as transport to and from the station. This category also includes space habitats , which is a space structure intended for colonies.
"Dust II", also known by its filename de_dust2, is a video game map featured in the first-person shooter series Counter-Strike. Dust II is the successor to "Dust", another Counter-Strike map, and was developed by David Johnston before the official release of the original Counter-Strike game.
Feature Type Coordinates Named after Ref Andronov: Crater: Aleksandr Andronov (1901–1952) [133]Andrusov: Dorsa: Nicolai I. Andrusov (1861–1924) [134]Artamonov: Catena: Nikolay Artamonov (1906–1965)
Several space objects and features have been named after Serbian people or things in Serbia. These include planetary features on Mars and Venus, asteroids and exoplanets. Moon
Like many of the craters on the Moon's near side, it was given its name by Giovanni Riccioli, whose 1651 nomenclature system has become standardized. [6] Riccioli awarded Copernicus a prominent crater despite the fact that, as an Italian Jesuit , he conformed with church doctrine in publicly opposing Copernicus's heliocentric system.