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The large and relatively young lunar impact crater
Tycho taken by the
Hubble Space Telescope .
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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.
Andersson, L. E.;
Whitaker, E. A. (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature . NASA RP-1097.
Blue, Jennifer (July 25, 2007).
"Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature" . USGS. Retrieved 2007-08-05 .
Bussey, B. ;
Spudis, P. (2004). The Clementine Atlas of the Moon . New York: Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
0-521-81528-2 .
Cocks, Elijah E.; Cocks, Josiah C. (1995).
Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature . Tudor Publishers.
ISBN
0-936389-27-3 .
McDowell, Jonathan (July 15, 2007).
"Lunar Nomenclature" . Jonathan's Space Report. Retrieved 2007-10-24 .
Menzel, Donald H. (February 1971).
"Final Report on NGR 22-007-194, Lunar Nomenclature" (PDF) . NASA. Retrieved 2008-08-07 .
Menzel, D. H.; Minnaert, M.; Levin, B.; Dollfus, A.; Bell, B. (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews . 12 (2): 136.
Bibcode :
1971SSRv...12..136M .
doi :
10.1007/BF00171763 .
S2CID
122125855 .
Moore, Patrick (2001).
On the Moon . Sterling Publishing Co.
ISBN
0-304-35469-4 .
Price, Fred W. (1988). The Moon observer's handbook . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
0-521-33500-0 .
Rükl, Antonín (1990). Atlas of the Moon . Kalmbach Books.
ISBN
0-913135-17-8 .
Webb, Rev. T. W. (1962).
Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes (6th revised ed.). Dover.
ISBN
0-486-20917-2 .
Whitaker, Ewen A. (1999). Mapping and Naming the Moon . Cambridge University Press.
ISBN
0-521-62248-4 .
Wlasuk, Peter T. (2000). Observing the Moon . Springer.
ISBN
1-85233-193-3 .
External links
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.