List of craters on the Moon, L–N
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 | |||||
L
M
N
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Nagaoka | 46 km | Hantaro Nagaoka (1865–1940) |
| Nansen | 104 km | Fridtjof Nansen (1861–1930) |
| Naonobu | 34 km | Naonobu Ajima (circa 1732-1798) |
| Nasireddin | 52 km | Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274) |
| Nasmyth | 76 km | James Nasmyth (1808–1890) |
| Nassau | 76 km | Jason John Nassau (1893–1965) |
| Natasha | 12 km | (Russian female name) |
| Naumann | 9 km | Karl Friedrich Naumann (1797–1873) |
| Neander | 50 km | Michael Neander (1529–1581) |
| Nearch | 75 km | Nearchus (unknown: flourished 312 B.C.) |
| Necho | 30 km | Necho II (610-593 B.C.) |
| Nefed'ev | 40.2 km | Anatoly Nefed'ev (1910–1976) |
| Neison | 53 km | Edmund Neville Neison (1849–1940) |
| Neper | 137 km | John Napier (1550–1617) |
| Nernst | 116 km | Walther Hermann Nernst (1864–1941) |
| Neujmin | 101 km | Grigorij N. Neujmin (1885–1946) |
| Neumayer | 76 km | Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909) |
| Newcomb | 41 km | Simon Newcomb (1835–1909) |
| Newton | 78 km | Isaac Newton (1643–1727) |
| Nicholson | 38 km | Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891–1963) |
| Nicolai | 42 km | Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai (1793–1846) |
| Nicollet | 15 km | Jean Nicholas Nicollet (1788–1843) |
| Nielsen | 9 km | Axel V. Nielsen (1902–1970) |
| Harald Herborg Nielsen (1903–1973) | ||
| Niepce | 57 km | Nicéphore Niépce (1765–1833) |
| Nijland | 35 km | Albertus Antonie Nijland (1868–1936) |
| Nikolayev | 41 km | Andriyan G. Nikolayev (1929–2004) |
| Nikolya | 0.1 km | Russian male name |
| Nishina | 65 km | Yoshio Nishina (1890–1951) |
| Nobel | 48 km | Alfred B. Nobel (1833–1896) |
| Nobile | 73 km | Umberto Nobile (1885–1978) |
| Nobili | 42 km | Leopoldo Nobili (1784–1835) |
| Nöggerath | 30 km | Johann Jakob Nöggerath (1788–1877) |
| Nonius | 69 km | Pedro Nunes (Petrus Nonius Salaciencis) (1502–1578) |
| Norman | 10 km | Robert Norman (unknown: flourished circa 1590) |
| Nöther | 67 km | Emmy Noether (1882–1935) |
| Numerov | 113 km | Boris Vasil'evich Numerov (1891–1941) |
| Nunn | 19 km | Joseph Nunn (1905–1968) |
| Nušl | 61 km | Frantisek Nušl (1867–1925) |
References
- ↑ "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ↑ °792 de la Biblioteca de escritores baleares de Juan Serra Busquets, Accessed July 15, 2007.
- ↑ Biblioteca Virtual Ignacio Larramendi, Accessed July 15, 2007.
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