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), an unusually large number of Jesuit scientists are honored with lunar craters. - tychocrater tychocrater Sep 15, 2007

1. Asclepi
2. Bettinus
3. Billy
4. Blancanus
5. Boscovich
6. Cabeus
7. Casatus
8. Clavius
9. Curtius
10. Cysatus
11. De Vico
12. Fényi
13. Furnerius
14. Grimaldi
15. Gruemberger
16. Hagen
17. Hell
18. Kircher
19. Kugler
20. Malapert
21. C. Mayer
22. McNally
23. Moretus
24. Petavius
25. Poczobutt
26. Riccioli
27. Riccius
28. Scheiner
29. Schomberger
30. Secchi
31. Simpelius
32. Sirsalis
33. Stein
34. Tacquet
35. Tannerus
36. Triesnecker
37. Zucchius
38. 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 and Moore, but missed several others.

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