Craters on Earth’s Moon beginning with the letter B.
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Feature Name |
Lat
|
Long
|
Diam
|
Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
Baade
|
44.8S |
81.8W |
55 |
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter ~ (1893-1960), German-American astronomer; |
Babakin
|
20.8S |
123.3E |
20 |
Georgi N. ~ (1914-1971), Soviet space scientist. |
Babbage
|
59.7N |
57.1W |
143 |
Charles ~ (1792-1871), British |
Babcock
|
4.2N |
93.9E |
99 |
Harold Delos ~ (1882-1968), American astronomer, |
Back
|
1.1N |
80.7E |
35 |
Ernst E. A. ~ (1881-1959), German physicist. |
Backlund
|
16.0S |
103.0E |
75 |
Jöns Oskar ~ (1846-1916), Swedish-born Russian astronomer. |
Bacon
|
51.0S |
19.1E |
69 |
Roger ~ (c. 1214-1294), British natural philosopher, |
Baillaud
|
74.6N |
37.5E |
89 |
Édouard Benjamin (1848-1934), French astronomer. |
Bailly
|
66.5S |
69.1W |
287 |
Jean Sylvain ~ (1736-1793), French astronomer. |
Baily
|
49.7N |
30.4E |
26 |
Francis ~ (1774-1844), British astronomer. |
Balandin
|
18.9S |
152.6E |
12 |
A. A. ~ (1898-1967), Soviet chemist. |
Balboa
|
19.1N |
83.2W |
69 |
Vasco Nunez de ~ (1475-1517), Spanish explorer. |
Baldet
|
53.3S |
151.1W |
55 |
Francois ~ (1885-1964), French astronomer. |
Ball
|
35.9S |
8.4W |
41 |
William ~ (?-1690), British astronomer. |
Balmer
|
20.3S |
69.8E |
138 |
Johann Jakob ~ (1825-1898), Swiss mathematician, physician. |
Balzac
|
8.0S |
95.0E |
39 |
Honoré de ~ (1799-1850), French author ("The |
Banachiewicz
|
5.2N |
80.1E |
92 |
Tadeusz ~ (1882-1954), Polish astronomer, mathematician. |
Bancroft
|
28.0N |
6.4W |
13 |
W. D. ~ (1867-1953), American scientist and educator; |
Banting
|
26.6N |
16.4E |
5 |
Sir Frederick Grant ~ (1891-1941), Canadian doctor and |
Barbier
|
23.8S |
157.9E |
66 |
Daniel ~ (1907-1965), French astronomer. |
Barkla
|
10.7S |
67.2E |
42 |
Charles Glover ~ |
Barnard
|
29.5S |
85.6E |
105 |
Edward E. ~ (1857-1923), American astronomer. |
Barocius
|
44.9S |
16.8E |
82 |
Franciscus ~ [Francesco Barozzi] (?-fl.1570), Italian mathematician. |
Barringer
|
28.0S |
149.7W |
68 |
Daniel M. ~ (1860-1929), American engineer, geologist. |
Barrow
|
71.3N |
7.7E |
92 |
Isaac ~ (1630-1677), British mathematician. |
Bartels
|
24.5N |
89.8W |
55 |
Julius ~ (1899-1964), German geophysicist. |
Baudelaire
|
23.2S |
123.1E |
15 |
Pierre Charles ~ ( 1821-1867), French poet; noted as |
Bawa
|
25.3S |
102.6E |
1 |
African male name. |
Bayer
|
51.6S |
35.0W |
47 |
Johann ~ (1572-1625), German astronomer; devised the |
Beals
|
37.3N |
86.5E |
48 |
Carlyle F. ~ (1899-1979), Canadian astronomer. |
Beaumont
|
18.0S |
28.8E |
53 |
Leonce Elie de ~ (1798-1874), French geologist. |
Becquerel
|
40.7N |
129.7E |
65 |
Antoine H. ~ (1852-1908), French physicist; Nobel laureate. |
Beer
|
27.1N |
9.1W |
9 |
Wilhelm ~ (1797-1850), German astronomer. |
Behaim
|
16.5S |
79.4E |
55 |
Martin ~ (1459-1507), German navigator and |
Beijerinck
|
13.5S |
151.8E |
70 |
Martinus W. ~ (1851-1931), Dutch botanist. |
Beketov
|
16.3N |
29.2E |
8 |
Nikolay Nikolayevich ~ (1827-1911), Russian chemist; |
Bel’kovich
|
61.1N |
90.2E |
214 |
Igor V. ~ (1904-1949), Soviet astronomer. |
Bela
|
24.7N |
2.3E |
11 |
Slavic female name. |
Bell
|
21.8N |
96.4W |
86 |
Alexander Graham ~ (1847-1922), Scottish-American inventor |
Bellinsgauze
|
60.6S |
164.6W |
63 |
Faddey F. ~(1778-1852), Russian explorer. |
Bellot
|
12.4S |
48.2E |
17 |
Joseph Rene ~ (1826-1853), French explorer. |
Belopol’skiy
|
17.2S |
128.1W |
59 |
Aristarch A. ~ (1854-1934), Russian astronomer. |
Belyaev (Běljajev)
|
23.3N |
143.5E |
54 |
Pavel Ivanovič ~ (1925-1970), Soviet cosmonaut; |
Benedict
|
4.4N |
141.5E |
14 |
Francis Gano ~(1870-1957), American chemist and |
Bergman
|
7.0N |
137.5E |
21 |
Torbern Olof ~ (1735-1784), Swedish chemist, |
Bergstrand
|
18.8S |
176.3E |
43 |
Carl Östen Emanuel ~ (1873-1948), Swedish astronomer. |
Berkner
|
25.2N |
105.2W |
86 |
Lloyd V. ~ (1905-1967), American geophysicist. |
Berlage
|
63.2S |
162.8W |
92 |
Hendrik P. ~ (1896-1968), Dutch geophysicist and meteorologist. |
Bernini
|
14.9N |
30.0E |
7 |
Gianlorenzo ~ (1598-1680), Italian sculptor, painter |
Bernoulli (Bernouilli)
|
35.0N |
60.7E |
47 |
Jacob (Jacques) ~ (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician |
Berosus
|
33.5N |
69.9E |
74 |
~ the Chaldean (?-c. |
Berzelius
|
36.6N |
50.9E |
50 |
Jons Jakob ~ (1779-1848), Swedish chemist. |
Bessarion
|
14.9N |
37.3W |
10 |
Johannes ~ (c. 1369-1472), Greek scholar. |
Bessel
|
21.8N |
17.9E |
15 |
Friedrich Wilhelm ~ (1784-1846), German astronomer. |
Bettinus
|
63.4S |
44.8W |
71 |
Mario ~ (1582-1657), Italian mathematician and astronomer. |
Bevcvavr
|
1.9S |
125.2E |
67 |
Antonin ~ (1901-1965), Czechoslovakian astronomer. |
Bhabha
|
55.1S |
164.5W |
64 |
Homi J. ~ (1909-1966), Indian physicist. |
Bianchini
|
48.7N |
34.3W |
38 |
Francesco ~ (1662-1729), Italian astronomer. |
Biela
|
54.9S |
51.3E |
76 |
Wilhelm von ~ (1782-1856), Austrian astronomer. |
Bilharz
|
5.8S |
56.3E |
43 |
Theodore Maximillian ~ (1825-1862), German doctor and |
Billy
|
13.8S |
50.1W |
45 |
Jacques de ~ (1602-1679), French mathematician. |
Bingham
|
8.1N |
115.1E |
33 |
Hiram ~ (1875-1956), American explorer; discovered |
Biot
|
22.6S |
51.1E |
12 |
Jean-Baptiste ~ (1774-1862), French astronomer. |
Birkeland
|
30.2S |
173.9E |
82 |
Olaf K. ~ (1867-1917), Norwegian physicist. |
Birkhoff
|
58.7N |
146.1W |
345 |
George D. ~ (1884-1944), American mathematician. |
Birmingham
|
65.1N |
10.5W |
92 |
John ~ (1829-1884), Irish astronomer. |
Birt
|
22.4S |
8.5W |
16 |
William R. ~ (1804-1881), British selenographer. |
Bjerknes
|
38.4S |
113.0E |
48 |
Vilhelm F. K. ~ (1862-1951), Norwegian physicist. |
Black
|
9.2S |
80.4E |
18 |
Joseph ~ (1728-1799), French chemist. |
Blackett
|
37.5S |
116.1W |
141 |
Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart ~ (1897-1974), British |
Blagg
|
1.3N |
1.5E |
5 |
Mary Adela ~ (1858-1944), British astronomer. |
Blancanus
|
63.8S |
21.4W |
117 |
Giuseppe Biancani (Josephus ~) (1566-1624), Italian |
Blanchard
|
58.5S |
94.4W |
40 |
J.P. ~ (1753-1809), French aeronaut. |
Blanchinus
|
25.4S |
2.5E |
61 |
~, or Giovanni Bianchini (?-fl.1458), Italian astronomer. |
Blazhko
|
31.6N |
148.0W |
54 |
Sergei Nikolaevich ~ (1870-1956), Soviet astronomer. |
Bobillier
|
19.6N |
15.5E |
6 |
Etienne ~ (1798-1840), French geometer, best known for |
Bobone
|
26.9N |
131.8W |
31 |
Jorge ~ (1901-1958), Argentinean astronomer. |
Bode
|
6.7N |
2.4W |
18 |
Johann Elert ~ (1747-1826), German astronomer; his Uranographia |
Boethius
|
5.6N |
72.3E |
10 |
~ (c.480-524), Greek physicist. |
Boguslawsky
|
72.9S |
43.2E |
97 |
Palon Heinrich Ludwig von ~ (1789-1851), German astronomer. |
Bohnenberger
|
16.2S |
40.0E |
33 |
Johann Gottlob Friedrich von ~ (1765-1831), German |
Bohr
|
12.4N |
86.6W |
71 |
Niels Henrik David ~ (1885-1962), Danish physicist and |
Bok
|
20.2S |
171.6W |
45 |
Bart Jan ~ (1906-1983), Dutch-American |
Boltzmann
|
74.9S |
90.7W |
76 |
Ludwig E. ~ (1844-1906), Austrian physicist. |
Bolyai
|
33.6S |
125.9E |
135 |
Janos ~ (1802-1860), Hungarian mathematician. |
Bombelli
|
5.3N |
56.2E |
10 |
Raphael ~ (1526-1572), Italian engineer-architect and mathematician. |
Bondarenko
|
17.8S |
136.3E |
30 |
Valentin Vasilyevich ~ (1937-1961), Soviet cosmonaut; |
Bonpland
|
8.3S |
17.4W |
60 |
Aime ~ (1773-1858), French botanist. |
Boole
|
63.7N |
87.4W |
63 |
George ~ (1815-1864), self-taught British mathematician |
Borda
|
25.1S |
46.6E |
44 |
Jean Charles ~ (1733-1799), French astronomer. |
Borel
|
22.3N |
26.4E |
4 |
Felix Edouard Emile ~ (1871-1956), French mathematician. |
Boris
|
30.6N |
33.5W |
10 |
Russian male name. |
Borman
|
38.8S |
147.7W |
50 |
Frank ~ (1928-), American astronaut, engineer, |
Born
|
6.0S |
66.8E |
14 |
Max ~ (1882-1970), German physicist. |
Boscovich
|
9.8N |
11.1E |
46 |
Ruggiero Giuseppe ~ (1711-1787), Italian physicist. |
Bose
|
53.5S |
168.6W |
91 |
Jagadis C. ~ (1858-1937), Indian botanist and |
Boss
|
45.8N |
89.2E |
47 |
Lewis ~ (1846-1912), American astronomer. |
Bouguer
|
52.3N |
35.8W |
22 |
Pierre ~ (1698-1758), French hydrographer; one of the |
Boussingault
|
70.2S |
54.6E |
142 |
Jean Baptiste Dieudonné ~ (1802-1887), French |
Bowditch
|
25.0S |
103.1E |
40 |
Nathaniel ~ (1773-1848), American navigator and |
Bowen
|
17.6N |
9.1E |
8 |
Ira Sprague ~ (1898-1973), American astronomer. |
Boyle
|
53.1S |
178.1E |
57 |
Robert ~ (1627-1691), British natural philosopher and chemist. |
Brackett
|
17.9N |
23.6E |
8 |
Frederick Sumner ~ (1896-1972), American physicist and |
Bragg
|
42.5N |
102.9W |
84 |
William Henry ~ (1862-1942), English-Australian |
Brashear
|
73.8S |
170.7W |
55 |
Dr. John Alfred ~ (1840-1920), American astronomer, |
Brayley
|
20.9N |
36.9W |
14 |
Edward William ~ (1801-1870), British geographer. |
Bredikhin
|
17.3N |
158.2W |
59 |
Fedor A. ~ (1831-1904), Russian astronomer. |
Breislak
|
48.2S |
18.3E |
49 |
Scipione ~ (1748-1826), Italian chemist, geologist and |
Brenner
|
39.0S |
39.3E |
97 |
Leo ~ (1855-1928), Austrian astronomer; devised early |
Brewster
|
23.3N |
34.7E |
10 |
Sir David ~ (1781-1868), Scottish optician; inventor |
Brianchon
|
75.0N |
86.2W |
134 |
Charles J. ~ (1783-1864), French mathematician. |
Bridgman
|
43.5N |
137.1E |
80 |
Percy Williams ~ (1882-1961), American physicist; |
Briggs
|
26.5N |
69.1W |
37 |
Henry ~ (1556-1630), British mathematician. |
Brisbane
|
49.1S |
68.5E |
44 |
Sir Thomas ~ (1770-1860), Scottish astronomer. |
Bronk
|
26.1N |
134.5W |
64 |
Detlev Wulf ~ (1897-1975), American neurophysiologist. |
Brouwer
|
36.2S |
126.0W |
158 |
Dirk ~ (1902-1966), American astronomer; |
Brown
|
46.4S |
17.9W |
34 |
Ernest William ~ (1866-1938), British astronomer, mathematician. |
Bruce
|
1.1N |
0.4E |
6 |
Catherine Wolfe ~ (1816-1900), American philanthropist |
Brunner
|
9.9S |
90.9E |
53 |
William O. ~ (1878-1958), Swiss astronomer. |
Buch
|
38.8S |
17.7E |
53 |
Christian Leopold von ~ (1774-1853), German geologist. |
Buffon
|
40.4S |
133.4W |
106 |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de ~ (1707-1788), French natural |
Buisson
|
1.4S |
112.5E |
56 |
Henri ~ (1873-1944), French physicist and astronomer. |
Bullialdus
|
20.7S |
22.2W |
60 |
Ismael Boulliaud, or ~ (1605-1694), French astronomer. |
Bunsen
|
41.4N |
85.3W |
52 |
Robert Wilhelm ~ (1811-1899), German chemist and |
Burckhardt
|
31.1N |
56.5E |
56 |
Johann Karl ~ (1773-1825), German astronomer. |
Burg
|
45.0N |
28.2E |
39 |
Johann Tobias ~ (1766-1834), Austrian astronomer. |
Burnham
|
13.9S |
7.3E |
24 |
Sherburne Wesley ~ (1838-1921), American astronomer. |
Busching
|
38.0S |
20.0E |
52 |
Anton Friedrich ~ (1724-1793), German geographer and |
Butlerov
|
12.5N |
108.7W |
40 |
Aleksandr Mikhaylovich ~ (1828-1886), Russian chemist; |
Buys Ballot
|
20.8N |
174.5E |
55 |
Christoph Heinrich Diedrich ~ (1817-1890), Dutch meteorologist; |
Byrd
|
85.3N |
9.8E |
93 |
Richard Evelyn ~ (1888-1957), American adventurer, |
Byrgius
|
24.7S |
65.3W |
87 |
Joost Burgi, or ~ (1552-1632), Swiss horologist. |