Craters on Earth’s Moon beginning with the letter C.
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Feature Name |
Lat
|
Long
|
Diam
|
Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
C. Herschel
|
34.5N |
31.2W |
13 |
Caroline Lucretia ~ (1750-1848), British astronomer |
C. Mayer
|
63.2N |
17.3E |
38 |
Christian Gustav Adolph ~ (1719-1783), German |
Cabannes
|
60.9S |
169.6W |
80 |
Jean ~ (1885-1959), French physicist and optician. |
Cabeus
|
84.9S |
35.5W |
98 |
Niccolo Cabeo, or ~ (1586-1650), Italian astronomer. |
Cailleux
|
60.8S |
153.3E |
50 |
Andre ~ (1907-1986), French geologist. |
Cajal
|
12.6N |
31.1E |
9 |
Santiago Ramón y ~ (1852-1934), Spanish medical |
Cajori
|
47.4S |
168.8E |
70 |
Florian ~ (1859-1930), American mathematician, born in |
Calippus
|
38.9N |
10.7E |
32 |
Calippus of Cyzicus (c. 370-310 B.C.), Greek |
Cameron
|
6.2N |
45.9E |
10 |
Robert Curry ~ (1925-1972), American astronomer. |
Camoens
|
0.8N |
84.9E |
33 |
Luís de Camões, or ~ (1524-1530), known as the |
Campanus
|
28.0S |
27.8W |
48 |
Giovanni Campano, or Johannes Campanus of Novara (c. |
Campbell
|
45.3N |
151.4E |
219 |
|
Cannizzaro
|
55.6N |
99.6W |
56 |
Stanislao ~ (1826-1910), Italian chemist; professor of |
Cannon
|
19.9N |
81.4E |
56 |
Annie Jump ~ (1863-1941), American astronomer and |
Cantor
|
38.2N |
118.6E |
0 |
Moritz Benedikt ~ (1829-1920) German mathematician and |
Capella
|
7.5S |
35.0E |
90 |
Martianus ~ (c. A.D. 400-?), Roman |
Capuanus
|
34.1S |
26.7W |
59 |
Francesco Capuano di Manfredonia, or ~ (c. 1400-?), Italian |
Cardanus
|
13.2N |
0.0E |
49 |
Girolamo Cardano, or ~ (1501-1576), Italian mathematician |
Carlini
|
33.7N |
24.1W |
10 |
Francesco ~ (1783-1862), Italian astronomer; third |
Carlos
|
24.9N |
2.3E |
4 |
Spanish male name. |
Carmichael
|
19.6N |
40.4E |
20 |
Leonard ~ (1898-1973), American psychologist and |
Carnot
|
52.3N |
143.5W |
126 |
Nicolas L. S.; French physicist (1796-1832). |
Carol
|
8.5N |
122.3E |
117 |
Latin female name. |
Carpenter
|
69.4N |
50.9W |
59 |
James; British astronomer (1840-1899); |
Carrel
|
10.7N |
26.7E |
15 |
Alexis; French doctor, physiologist; Nobel |
Carrillo
|
2.2S |
80.9E |
16 |
Flores Nabor; Mexican soil engineer (1911-1967). |
Carrington
|
44.0N |
62.1E |
30 |
Richard Christopher; British astronomer |
Cartan
|
4.2N |
59.3E |
15 |
E. J.; French mathematician (1869-1951). |
Carver
|
43.0S |
126.9E |
59 |
George W.; American botanist (c. 1864-1943). |
Casatus
|
72.8S |
29.5W |
108 |
Casati, Paolo; Italian mathematician (1617-1707). |
Cassegrain
|
52.4S |
113.5E |
55 |
Giovanni D.; French astronomer, doctor (1625-1712). |
Cassini
|
40.2N |
4.6E |
56 |
Giovanni Domenico; Italian-French astronomer |
Catalan
|
45.7S |
87.3W |
25 |
Miguel A.; Spanish spectroscopist (1894-1957). |
Catharina
|
18.1S |
23.4E |
104 |
St. Catherine of Alexandria; Greek theologian, |
Cauchy
|
9.6N |
38.6E |
12 |
Augustin Louis; French mathematician (1789-1857). |
Cavalerius
|
5.1N |
66.8W |
57 |
Cavalieri, Buonaventura; Italian mathematician |
Cavendish
|
24.5S |
53.7W |
56 |
Henry; British chemist, physicist (1731-1810). |
Caventou
|
29.8N |
29.4W |
3 |
Joseph Bienaime; French chemist, pharmacologist |
Cayley
|
4.0N |
15.1E |
14 |
Arthur; British astronomer, mathematician (1821-1895). |
Cellini
|
7.8S |
3.0E |
34 |
Benvenuto; Italian artist, writer (1500-1571). |
Celsius
|
34.1S |
20.1E |
36 |
Anders; Swedish astronomer (1701-1744). |
Censorinus
|
0.4S |
32.7E |
3 |
Roman astronomer (fl. 238-?). |
Cepheus
|
40.8N |
45.8E |
39 |
Mythological astronomer, father of Andromeda. |
Cervantes
|
3.4S |
99.2E |
25 |
Miguel de; Spanish writer (1547-1616). |
Chacornac
|
29.8N |
31.7E |
51 |
Jean; French astronomer (1823-1873). |
Chadwick
|
52.7S |
101.3W |
30 |
James; British physicist (1891-1974). |
Chaffee
|
38.8S |
153.9W |
49 |
Roger B.; American aeronautic engineer, |
Challis
|
79.5N |
9.2E |
55 |
James; British astronomer, mathematician, |
Chalonge
|
21.2S |
117.3W |
30 |
Daniel; French astronomer (1895-1977). |
Chamberlin
|
58.9S |
95.7E |
58 |
Thomas C.; American geologist (1843-1928). |
Champollion
|
37.4N |
175.2E |
58 |
Jean F.; French egyptologist (1790-1832). |
Chandler
|
43.8N |
171.5E |
85 |
Seth C.; American astronomer (1846-1913). |
Chang Heng
|
19.0N |
112.2E |
43 |
Chinese astronomer (78-139). |
Chang-Ngo
|
12.7S |
2.1W |
3 |
Chinese female name. |
Chant
|
40.0S |
109.2W |
33 |
Clarence A.; Canadian astronomer, physicist |
Chaplygin
|
6.2S |
150.3E |
137 |
Sergej A.; Soviet mathematician (1869-1942). |
Chapman
|
50.4N |
100.7W |
71 |
Sydney; British geophysicist (1888-1970). |
Chappe
|
61.2S |
91.5W |
59 |
d’Auteroche, Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer |
Chappell
|
54.7N |
177.0W |
80 |
James F.; American astronomer (1891-1964). |
Charles
|
29.9N |
26.4W |
1 |
French male name. |
Charlier
|
36.6N |
131.5W |
99 |
Carl W. L.; Swedish astronomer (1862-1934). |
Chaucer
|
3.7N |
140.0W |
45 |
Geoffrey; British writer, astronomer (c.1340-1400). |
Chauvenet
|
11.5S |
137.0E |
81 |
William; American astronomer, mathematician |
Chebyshev
|
33.7S |
133.1W |
178 |
Pafnutif L.; Russian mathematician (1821-1894). |
Chekov
|
6.6S |
82.0E |
0 |
Anton Pavlovich; Russian author (1860-1904). |
Chenier
|
17.7S |
132.4E |
33 |
Andre Marie; French poet (1762-1794). |
Chernyshev
|
47.3N |
174.2E |
58 |
Nikolaj G.; Soviet rocketry engineer (1906-1963). |
Chevallier
|
44.9N |
51.2E |
52 |
Temple; British astronomer (1794-1873). |
Ching-Te
|
20.0N |
30.0E |
4 |
Chinese male name. |
Chladni
|
4.0N |
1.1E |
13 |
Ernst Florens Friedrich; German physicist |
Chretien
|
45.9S |
162.9E |
88 |
Chretien, Henri; French mathematician, |
Christel
|
24.5N |
11.0E |
2 |
German female name. |
Cichus
|
33.3S |
21.1W |
40 |
Franceso Degli Stabili (Cecco D’Ascoli); |
Clairaut
|
47.7S |
13.9E |
75 |
Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765). |
Clark
|
38.4S |
118.9E |
49 |
Alvan; American astronomer (1804-1887); |
Clausius
|
36.9S |
43.8W |
24 |
Rudolf Julius Emmanuel; German physicist |
Clavius
|
58.8S |
14.1W |
245 |
Christopher Klau; German mathematician |
Cleomedes
|
27.7N |
56.0E |
125 |
Greek astronomer (?-c. 50 B.C.). |
Cleostratus
|
60.4N |
77.0W |
62 |
~ of Tenedos (?-c. 500 B.C.), Greek astronomer |
Clerke
|
21.7N |
29.8E |
6 |
Agnes Mary; British astronomer (1842-1907). |
Coblentz
|
37.9S |
126.1E |
33 |
William W.; American physicist, astronomer |
Cockcroft
|
31.3N |
162.6W |
93 |
Sir John D.; British nuclear physicist; |
Collins
|
1.3N |
23.7E |
2 |
Michael; American astronaut (1930- ). |
Colombo
|
15.1S |
45.8E |
76 |
Columbus, Christopher; Spanish explorer |
Compton
|
55.3N |
103.8E |
182 |
Arthur H.; American physicist, Nobel laureate |
Comrie
|
23.3N |
112.7W |
59 |
Leslie J.; British astronomer (1893-1950). |
Comstock
|
21.8N |
121.5W |
72 |
George C.; American astronomer (1855-1934). |
Condon
|
1.9N |
60.4E |
34 |
Edward U.; American physicist (1902-1974). |
Condorcet
|
12.1N |
69.6E |
74 |
Jean de; French mathematician (1743-1794). |
Congreve
|
0.2S |
167.3W |
57 |
Sir William; British rocket engineer, |
Conon
|
21.6N |
2.0E |
21 |
Conon of Samos; Greek astronomer (c. 260 |
Cook
|
17.5S |
48.9E |
46 |
James; British explorer (1728-1779). |
Cooper
|
52.9N |
175.6E |
36 |
John C.; American humanitarian (1887-1967). |
Copernicus
|
9.7N |
20.1W |
107 |
Nicholas; Polish astronomer (1473-1543). |
Cori
|
50.6S |
151.9W |
65 |
Gerty Theresa Radnitz; Czech-American physiologist; |
Coriolis
|
0.1N |
171.8E |
78 |
Gaspard G. de; French physicist (1792-1843). |
Corneille
|
12.3N |
134.8E |
35 |
Pierre; French poet and dramatist (1606-1684). |
Couder
|
4.8S |
92.4W |
21 |
Andre; French astronomer (1897-1978). |
Coulomb
|
54.7N |
114.6W |
89 |
Charles A. De; French physicist (1736-1806). |
Courtney
|
25.1N |
30.8W |
1 |
English male name. |
Cremona
|
67.5N |
90.6W |
85 |
Luigi; Italian mathematician (1830-1903). |
Crile
|
14.2N |
46.0E |
9 |
George Washington; American physician, performed the |
Crocco
|
47.5S |
150.2E |
75 |
Gaetano A.; Italian aeronautical engineer(1877-1968). |
Crommelin
|
68.1S |
146.9W |
94 |
Andrew Claude De La Cherois; British astronomer |
Crookes
|
10.3S |
164.5W |
49 |
Sir William; British physicist, chemist (1832-1919). |
Crozier
|
13.5S |
50.8E |
22 |
Francis Rawdon Moira; British explorer |
Cruger
|
16.7S |
66.8W |
45 |
Peter; German mathematician (1580-1639). |
Ctesibius
|
0.8N |
118.7E |
36 |
Egyptian physicist (?-c. 100 B.C.). |
Curie
|
22.9S |
91.0E |
151 |
Pierre; French physicist, chemist; Nobel |
Curtis
|
14.6N |
56.6E |
2 |
Heber Doust; American astronomer (1872-1942). |
Curtius
|
67.2S |
4.4E |
95 |
Curtz, Albert; German astronomer (1600-1671). |
Cusanus
|
72.0N |
70.8E |
63 |
Nikolaus Krebs; German mathematician, |
Cuvier
|
50.3S |
9.9E |
75 |
Georges; French natural scientist, paleontologist |
Cyrano
|
20.5S |
157.7E |
80 |
Cyrano de Bergerac Savinien (1615-1655), French writer. |
Cyrillus
|
13.2S |
24.0E |
98 |
Saint Cyril; Egyptian theologian, chronologist (?-A.D. |
Cysatus
|
66.2S |
6.1W |
48 |
Cysat, Jean-Baptiste; Swiss mathematician, |