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List of craters on the Moon, A-B
This is a subset of the list of craters on the Moon. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.
| Craters on the Moon | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-B | C-F | G-K | L-N | O-S | T-Z |
A
| Crater | Diameter | Eponym |
|---|---|---|
| Abbe | 66 km | Ernst Abbe (1840-1905) |
| Abbot | 10 km | Charles Greeley Abbot (1872-1973) |
| Abel | 122 km | Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829) |
| Abenezra | 42 km | Abraham ibn Ezra (1092-1167) |
| Abetti | 65 km | Antonio Abetti (1846-1928) |
| Giorgio Abetti (1882-1982) | ||
| Abul Wáfa | 55 km | Abul Wáfa (940-998) |
| Abulfeda | 65 km | Ismael Abul-fida (1273-1331) |
| Acosta | 13 km | Cristobal Acosta (1515-1580) |
| Adams | 66 km | John Couch Adams (1819-1892) |
| Charles Hitchcock Adams (1868-1951) | ||
| Walter Sydney Adams (1876-1956) | ||
| Agatharchides | 48 km | Agatharchides (unknown-circa 150 B.C.) |
| Agrippa | 44 km | Agrippa |
| Airy | 36 km | George Biddell Airy (1801-1892) |
| Aitken | 135 km | Robert Aitken (1864-1951) |
| Akis | 2 km | (Greek female name) |
| Alan | 2 km | (Irish male name) |
| Al-Bakri | 12 km | Abu Abdullah al-Bakri (1010-1094) |
| Albategnius | 114 km | al-Batani (850-929) |
| Al-Biruni | 77 km | al-Biruni (973-1048) |
| Alden | 104 km | Harold Alden (1890-1964) |
| Alder | 77 km | Kurt Alder (1902-1958) |
| Aldrin | 3 km | Buzz Aldrin (1930-) |
| Alekhin | 70 km | Nikolai Alekhin (1913-1964) |
| Alexander | 81 km | Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.) |
| Alfraganus | 20 km | al Fargani (unknown-circa 840) |
| Alhazen | 32 km | Alhazen (987-1038) |
| Aliacensis | 79 km | Pierre d'Ailly (1350-1420) |
| Al-Khwarizmi | 65 km | al-Khwarizmi (unknown-circa 825) |
| Almanon | 49 km | Abdalla Al Mamun (786-833) |
| Al-Marrakushi | 8 km | Al-Marrakushi |
| Aloha | 3 km | (a Hawaiian greeting) |
| Alpetragius | 39 km | Nur Ed-Din Al Betrugi (unknown-circa 1100) |
| Alphonsus | 108 km | Alfonso X of Castile (1223-1284) |
| Alter | 64 km | Dinsmore Alter (1888-1968) |
| Ameghino | 9 km | Fiorino Ameghino (1854-1911) |
| Amici | 54 km | Giovanni Amici (1786-1863) |
| Ammonius | 8 km | Ammonius Saccas (unknown-circa 517) |
| Amontons | 2 km | Guillaume Amontons (1663-1705) |
| Amundsen | 101 km | Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) |
| Anaxagoras | 50 km | Anaxagoras (500-428 B.C.) |
| Anaximander | 67 km | Anaximander (circa 611-547 B.C.) |
| Anaximenes | 80 km | Anaximenes (585-528 B.C.) |
| Andĕl | 35 km | Karel Andĕl (1884-1947) |
| Anders | 40 km | William A. Anders (1933-) |
| Anderson | 109 km | John August Anderson (1876-1959) |
| Andersson | 13 km | Leif Erland Andersson (1943-1979) |
| Andronov | 16 km | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Andronov (1901-1952) |
| Ango | 1 km | (African male name) |
| Ångström | 9 km | Anders Jonas Ångström (1814-1874) |
| Ann | 3 km | (Hebrew female name) |
| Annegrit | 1 km | (German female name) |
| Ansgarius | 94 km | Saint Ansgar (801-864) |
| Antoniadi | 143 km | Eugene Antoniadi (1870-1944) |
| Anuchin | 57 km | Dmitry Nikolayevich Anuchin (1843-1923) |
| Anville | 10 km | Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782) |
| Apianus | 63 km | Petrus Apianus (1495-1552) |
| Apollo | 537 km | Apollo program |
| Apollonius | 53 km | Apollonius of Perga |
| Appleton | 63 km | Edward Victor Appleton (1892-1965) |
| Arago | 26 km | François Arago (1786-1853) |
| Aratus | 10 km | Aratus of Soli |
| Archimedes | 82 km | Archimedes (circa 287-212 B.C.) |
| Archytas | 31 km | Archytas |
| Argelander | 34 km | Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander (1799-1875) |
| Ariadaeus | 11 km | Philipus III Arrhidaeus (unknown-317 B.C.) |
| Aristarchus | 40 km | Aristarchus |
| Aristillus | 55 km | Aristillus |
| Aristoteles | 87 km | Aristoteles (383-322 B.C.) |
| Armiński | 26 km | Franciszek Armiński (1789-1848) |
| Armstrong | 4 km | Neil Armstrong (1930-) |
| Arnold | 94 km | Christoph Arnold (1650-1695) |
| Arrhenius | 40 km | Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927) |
| Artamonov | 60 km | Nikolay N. Artamonov (1906-1965) |
| Artem'ev | 67 km | Vladimir A. Artemyev (1885-1962) |
| Artemis | 2 km | Greek goddess |
| Artsimovich | 8 km | Lev A. Artsimovich (1909-1973) |
| Aryabhata | 22 km | Aryabhata (476-circa 550) |
| Arzachel | 96 km | Arzachel (circa 1028-1087) |
| Asada | 12 km | Goryu Asada (1734-1799) |
| Asclepi | 42 km | Giuseppe Asclepi (1706-1776) |
| Ashbrook | 156 km | Joseph Ashbrook (1918-1980) |
| Aston | 43 km | Francis William Aston (1877-1945) |
| Atlas | 87 km | Atlas (mythology) |
| Atwood | 29 km | George Atwood (1745-1807) |
| Autolycus | 39 km | Autolycus (unknown-circa 330 B.C.) |
| Auwers | 20 km | Arthur Auwers (1838-1915) |
| Auzout | 32 km | Adrien Auzout (1622-1691) |
| Avery | 9 km | Oswald Theodore Avery (1877-1955) |
| Avicenna | 74 km | Avicenna (980-1037) |
| Avogadro | 139 km | Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856) |
| Azophi | 47 km | Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi (903-986) |
B
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10-26-2009 08:16:03
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