Nomenclature-Jesuits
Many early scientists were Jesuit priests and since the map of the Moon that was accepted as the basis of nomenclature was was made by a Jesuit ([/Riccioli Riccioli]), an unusually large number of Jesuit scientists are honored with lunar craters. - tychocrater tychocrater Sep 15, 2007
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- [/Asclepi Asclepi]
- [/Bettinus Bettinus]
- [/Billy Billy]
- [/Blancanus Blancanus]
- [/Boscovich Boscovich]
- [/Cabeus Cabeus]
- [/Casatus Casatus]
- [/Clavius Clavius]
- [/Curtius Curtius]
- [/Cysatus Cysatus]
- [/De%20Vico De Vico]
- [/F%C3%A9nyi Fényi]
- [/Furnerius Furnerius]
- [/Grimaldi Grimaldi]
- [/Gruemberger Gruemberger]
- [/Hagen Hagen]
- [/Hell Hell]
- [/Kircher Kircher]
- [/Kugler Kugler]
- [/Malapert Malapert]
- [/C.%20Mayer C. Mayer]
- [/McNally McNally]
- [/Moretus Moretus]
- [/Petavius Petavius]
- [/Poczobutt Poczobutt]
- [/Riccioli Riccioli]
- [/Riccius Riccius]
- [/Scheiner Scheiner]
- [/Schomberger Schomberger]
- [/Secchi Secchi]
- [/Simpelius Simpelius]
- [/Sirsalis Sirsalis]
- [/Stein Stein]
- [/Tacquet Tacquet]
- [/Tannerus Tannerus]
- [/Triesnecker Triesnecker]
- [/Zucchius Zucchius]
- [/Zupus Zupus]
This page is based on a list of 35 Jesuit astronomers honored on the Moon prepared by the late Joseph F. MacDonnell, of Fairfield University. MacDonnell included two unofficial names used by [/Wilkins%20and%20Moore Wilkins and Moore], but missed several others.
This page has been edited 1 times. The last modification was made by - tychocrater tychocrater on Jun 13, 2009 3:24 pm