List of craters on the Moon
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This is a list of craters on the Moon. 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 body.
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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.
- List of craters on the Moon, A-B
- List of craters on the Moon, C-F
- List of craters on the Moon, G-K
- List of craters on the Moon, L-N
- List of craters on the Moon, O-S
- List of craters on the Moon, T-Z
References
The following sources were used as references on the individual crater pages.
- L. E. Andersson and Ewen A. Whitaker, NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature, NASA RP-1097, 1982, no ISBN.
- Ben Bussey and Paul Spudis, The Clementine Atlas of the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 2004, ISBN 0521815282.
- Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks, Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature, Tudor Publishers, 1995, ISBN 0936389273.
- Patrick Moore, On the Moon, Sterling Publishing Co., 2001 edition, ISBN 0304354694.
- Antonín Rükl, Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books, 1990, ISBN 0913135178.
- Rev. T. W. Webb, Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, rev. 6, Dover, 1962, ISBN 0-486-20917-2.
- Ewen A. Whitaker, Mapping and Naming the Moon, Cambridge University Press, 1999, ISBN 0521622484.
See also
- Lunar crater locations
- List of features on the Moon
- List of maria on the Moon
- List of mountains on the Moon
- List of valleys on the Moon
- Origin of lunar nomenclature
- Planetary nomenclature
External links
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.
- Astronomica Langrenus (http://www.rccr.cremona.it/monografie/luna/) — Italian Lunar Web Site
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/)
- Lunar Atlases (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_atlases/) at the Lunar & Planetary Intitute
- Digital Lunar Orbiter Photographic Atlas of the Moon (http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/lunar_orbiter/)
- Lunar Photo of the Day (http://www.lpod.org/) by Charles A. Wood et al.de:Liste der Krater des Erdmondes