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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[edit] 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.
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[edit] 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 0-521-81528-2.
- Elijah E. Cocks and Josiah C. Cocks, Who's Who on the Moon: A Biographical Dictionary of Lunar Nomenclature, Tudor Publishers, 1995, ISBN 0-936389-27-3.
- D. H. Menzel, M. Minnaert, B. Levin, A. Dollfus, B. Bell (1971). "Report on Lunar Nomenclature by The Working Group of Commission 17 of the IAU". Space Science Reviews 12: 136.
- Patrick Moore, On the Moon, Sterling Publishing Co., 2001 edition, ISBN 0-304-35469-4.
- Fred W. Price, The Moon observer's handbook, Cambridge University Press, 1988.
- Antonín Rükl, Atlas of the Moon, Kalmbach Books, 1990, ISBN 0-913135-17-8.
- 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 0-521-62248-4.
[edit] 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
- Planetary nomenclature
- Selenography
[edit] External links
The following reference sites were also used during the assembly of the crater information.
- Astronomica Langrenus — Italian Lunar Web Site
- Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature
- Lunar Atlases at the Lunar & Planetary Institute
- Lunar Nomenclature
- Lunar Photo of the Day by Charles A. Wood et al.