Craters on Earth’s Moon beginning with the letter R.
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Common Name |
Lat |
Long |
Diam |
Origin |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rabbi Levi |
34.7S |
23.6E |
81 |
Levi ben Gerson (1288-1344), French-born Jewish philosopher, mathematician and astronomer; invented Jacob’s Staff, an instrument to measure the angular distance between celestial objects. |
Racah |
13.8S |
179.8W |
63 |
Giulio ~ (1909-1965), Italian-Israeli physicist. |
Racine |
8.3S |
99.0E |
30 |
Jean-Baptiste ~ (1639-1699), French classical playwright. |
Raimond |
14.6N |
159.3W |
70 |
Jean Jacques ~, Jr. (1903-1961), Dutch astronomer; first director of the Zeiss Planetarium in The Hague; published annual issues of the popular series ‘Sterrengids’ (1938-1961). |
Rajput |
29.1 |
150.6 |
12 |
Sushant Singh ~ (1986-2020), Indian astrophysicist, philanthropist, entrepreneur, actor. |
Raman |
27.0N |
55.1W |
10 |
Chandrasekhra Venkata ~ (1888-1970), Indian physicist; in 1930, he became the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in science (physics). |
Ramsay |
40.2S |
144.5E |
81 |
Sir William ~ (1852-1916), Scottish chemist; awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry (1904). |
Ramsden |
32.9S |
31.8W |
24 |
Jesse ~ (1735-1800), British inventor; perfected early sextants and barometers; devised the first satisfactory screw-cutting lathes at dawn of the Industrial Revolution. |
Rankine |
3.9S |
71.5E |
8 |
William John Macquorn ~ (1820-1872), Scottish inventor, civil engineer, poet and molecular physicist. |
Raspletin |
22.5S |
151.8E |
48 |
Aleksandr Andreyevich ~ (1908-1967), Soviet radio and electronics engineer. |
Ravi |
12.5S |
1.9W |
2.5 |
Indian male name. |
Rayet |
44.7N |
114.5E |
27 |
George A. P. (1839-1906), French astronomer. |
Rayleigh |
29.3N |
89.6E |
114 |
John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh (1842-1919), British physicist; his theory of scattering (1871) was the first correct explanation of why the sky is blue; discovered the inert gas argon, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1904. |
Razumov |
39.1N |
114.3W |
70 |
Vladimir V. ~ (1890-1967), Soviet rocket builder. |
Recht |
9.8N |
124.0E |
20 |
Albert W. ~ (1892-1962), American astronomer and mathematician; director of Denver University’s Chamberlin Observatory (1928-1958). |
Regiomontanus |
28.3S |
1.0W |
108 |
Johann Müller of Königsberg, or ~ (1436-1476), German astronomer and mathematician; first recorded observations of a comet later identified as Halley’s. |
Régnault |
54.1N |
88.0W |
46 |
Henri Victor ~ (1810-1878), French chemist and physicist; two laws governing the specific heat of gasses are named after him. |
Reichenbach |
30.3S |
48.0E |
71 |
Georg von ~ (1772-1826), German optician. |
Reimarus |
47.7S |
60.3E |
48 |
Nicolai Baer of Reymers, or ~ (c. 1550-c.1600), German mathematician. |
Reiner |
7.0N |
54.9W |
29 |
Vincentio Reinieri (?-1634?), Italian astronomer and mathematician. |
Reinhold |
3.3N |
22.8W |
42 |
Erasmus ~ (1511-1553), German astronomer and mathematician. |
Repsold |
51.3N |
78.6W |
109 |
Johann Georg ~ (1770-1830), German inventor and innovator of astronomical and geodesic instruments. |
Resnik |
38.8S |
150.1W |
20 |
Judith Arlene ~ (1949-1986), American biomedical and systems engineer, astronaut; member of the Challenger crew. |
Respighi |
2.8N |
71.9E |
18 |
Lorenzo ~ (1824-1890), Italian astronomer; discovered methods to determine the diameter of the sun and the zenith distances of stars; cataloged the absolute declinations of 2534 boreal stars. |
Reumur |
2.4S |
0.7E |
52 |
Rene Antoine Ferchault de ~ (1683-1757), French physicist. |
Rhaeticus |
0.0N |
4.9E |
45 |
Georg Joachim von Lauchen of Rhaetia, or ~ (1514-1574), Hungarian mystic, astronomer and mathematician. |
Rheita |
37.1S |
47.2E |
70 |
Anton Maria Schyrlaeus of Rhaetia, or ~ |
Riccioli |
3.3S |
74.6W |
139 |
Giovanni Battista ~ (1598-1671), Italian |
Riccius |
36.9S |
26.5E |
71 |
Matteo Ricci, or ~, or Li Matou (1552-1610), |
Ricco |
75.6N |
176.3E |
65 |
Annibale ~ (1844-1911), Italian astronomer. |
Richards |
7.7N |
140.1E |
16 |
Theodore William ~ (1868-1928), American |
Richardson |
31.1N |
100.5E |
141 |
Sir Owen Willans ~ (1879-1959), British |
Riedel |
48.9S |
139.6W |
0 |
Klaus ~ (1907-1944), German rocketry scientist; a pioneer of liquid oxygen-fuelled rockets; |
Riemann |
38.9N |
86.8E |
163 |
Georg Friedrich Bernhard ~ (1826-1866), German mathematician; protegé of Gauss (q.v.). |
Ritchey |
11.1S |
8.5E |
24 |
George Willis ~ (1864-1945), American |
Rittenhouse |
74.5S |
106.5E |
26 |
David ~ (1732-1796), American |
Ritter |
2.0N |
19.2E |
29 |
Karl ~ (1779-1859), German geographer; a |
Ritz |
15.1S |
92.2E |
51 |
Walter ~ (1878-1909), Swiss physicist; |
Robert |
19.0N |
27.4E |
1 |
English male name. |
Roberts |
71.1N |
174.5W |
89 |
Alexander W. ~ (1857-1938), Scottish-South |
Robertson |
21.8N |
105.2W |
88 |
Howard Percy ~ (1903-1961), American |
Robinson |
59.0N |
45.9W |
24 |
John Thomas Romney ~ (1792-1882), Irish |
Rocca |
12.7S |
72.8W |
89 |
Giovanni Antonio ~ (1607-1656), Italian |
Rocco |
28.9N |
45.0W |
4 |
Italian male name. |
Roche |
42.3S |
136.5E |
160 |
Edouard A. ~ (1820-1883), French astronomer |
Romeo |
7.5N |
122.6E |
8 |
Italian male name. |
Römer |
25.4N |
36.4E |
39 |
Ole ~ (1644-1710), Danish astronomer; made |
Röntgen |
33.0N |
91.4W |
126 |
Wilhelm Conrad ~ (1845-1923), German |
Rosa |
20.3N |
32.3W |
1 |
Spanish female name. |
Rosenberger |
55.4S |
43.1E |
95 |
Otto August ~ (1800-1890), German astronomer |
Ross |
11.7N |
21.7E |
24 |
Admiral Sir James Clark ~, R.N. (1800-1862), |
Rosse |
17.9S |
35.0E |
11 |
Lord William Parsons, the third Earl of |
Rosseland |
41.0S |
131.0E |
75 |
Svein ~ (1894-1985), Norwegian |
Rost |
56.4S |
33.7W |
48 |
Johan Leonhard ~ (1688-1727), German |
Rothmann |
30.8S |
27.7E |
42 |
Christopher ~ (?-1600), German astronomer; a |
Rowland |
57.4N |
162.5W |
171 |
Henry Augustus ~ (1848-1901), American |
Rozhdestvenskiy |
85.2N |
155.4W |
177 |
Dmitrii Sergeevich ~ (1876-1940), Soviet |
Rumford |
28.8S |
169.8W |
61 |
Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford |
Runge |
2.5S |
86.7E |
38 |
Carl David Tolmé ~ (1856-1927), German |
Russell |
26.5N |
75.4W |
103 |
Henry Norris ~ (1877-1957), American |
Ruth |
28.7N |
45.1W |
3 |
Hebrew female name. |
Rutherford |
10.7N |
137.0E |
13 |
Sir Ernest ~ (1871-1937), New Zealand-born |
Rutherfurd |
60.9S |
12.1W |
48 |
Lewis Morris ~ (1816-1892), American lawyer, |
Rydberg |
46.5S |
96.3W |
49 |
Johan Robert (Janne) ~ (1854-1919), Swedish |
Rynin |
47.0N |
103.5W |
75 |
Nikolai Alexeyevich ~ (1877-1942), Soviet rocketry scientist; a pioneer in aeronautics, aviation and cosmonautics. |