List of craters on the Moon, G–K
Main article: List of craters on the moon
The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the diameter of the crater and the person the crater is named for.[1] Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.
| Lists of craters on the Moon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z | |||||
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| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Ian | 1 km | (Scottish male name) |
| Ibn Bajja | 12.6 km | Ibn Bajjah (1095–1138) |
| Ibn Battuta | 11 km | Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta (1304–1377) |
| Ibn Firnas | 89 km | Abbas Ibn Firnas (unknown-circa AD 887) |
| Ibn Yunus | 58 km | Abul al-Hasan ben Ahmad (950-1009) |
| Ibn-Rushd | 32 km | Averroës (1126–1198) |
| Icarus | 96 km | Icarus (mythology) |
| Ideler | 38 km | Christian Ludwig Ideler (1766–1846) |
| Idel'son | 60 km | Naum Il'ich Idel'son (1885–1951) |
| Igor | 0.1 km | Russian male name |
| Il'in | 13 km | Nikolaj Yakovlevich Il'in (1901–1937) |
| Ina | 3 km | (Latin female name) |
| Ingalls | 37 km | Albert Graham Ingalls (1888–1958) |
| Inghirami | 91 km | Giovanni Inghirami (1779–1851) |
| Innes | 42 km | Robert Thorburn Ayton Innes (1861–1933) |
| Ioffe | 86 km | Abram Fedorovich Ioffe (1880–1960) |
| Isabel | 1 km | (Spanish female name) |
| Isaev | 90 km | Aleksei Mihailovich Isaev (1908–1971) |
| Isidorus | 42 km | St. Isidore of Seville (circa 570-636) |
| Isis | 1 km | Isis (Egyptian goddess) |
| Ivan | 4 km | (Russian male name) |
| Izsak | 30 km | Imre Izsak (1929–1965) |
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| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| J. Herschel | 165 km | John Herschel (1792–1871) |
| Jackson | 71 km | John Jackson (1887–1958) |
| Jacobi | 68 km | Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804–1851) |
| Jansen | 23 km | Zacharias Janszoon (1580-circa 1638) |
| Jansky | 72 km | Karl Jansky (1905–1950) |
| Janssen | 199 km | Pierre Jules César Janssen (1824–1907) |
| Jarvis | 38 km | Gregory Bruce Jarvis (1944–1986) |
| Jeans | 79 km | Sir James Hopwood Jeans (1877–1946) |
| Jehan | 5 km | (Turkish female name) |
| Jenkins | 38 km | Louise Freeland Jenkins (1888–1970) |
| Jenner | 71 km | Edward Jenner (1749–1823) |
| Jerik | 1 km | (Scandinavian male name) |
| Joliot | 164 km | Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900–1958) |
| Jomo | 7 km | (African male name) |
| José | 2 km | (Spanish male name) |
| Joule | 96 km | James Prescott Joule (1818–1889) |
| Joy | 5 km | Alfred Harrison Joy (1882–1973) |
| Jules Verne | 143 km | Jules Verne (1828–1905) |
| Julienne | 2 km | (French female name) |
| Julius Caesar | 90 km | Julius Caesar (circa 102-44 BC) |
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References
- ↑ "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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