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

1. [/Asclepi Asclepi]
2. [/Bettinus Bettinus]
3. [/Billy Billy]
4. [/Blancanus Blancanus]
5. [/Boscovich Boscovich]
6. [/Cabeus Cabeus]
7. [/Casatus Casatus]
8. [/Clavius Clavius]
9. [/Curtius Curtius]
10. [/Cysatus Cysatus]
11. [/De%20Vico De Vico]
12. [/F%C3%A9nyi Fényi]
13. [/Furnerius Furnerius]
14. [/Grimaldi Grimaldi]
15. [/Gruemberger Gruemberger]
16. [/Hagen Hagen]
17. [/Hell Hell]
18. [/Kircher Kircher]
19. [/Kugler Kugler]
20. [/Malapert Malapert]
21. [/C.%20Mayer C. Mayer]
22. [/McNally McNally]
23. [/Moretus Moretus]
24. [/Petavius Petavius]
25. [/Poczobutt Poczobutt]
26. [/Riccioli Riccioli]
27. [/Riccius Riccius]
28. [/Scheiner Scheiner]
29. [/Schomberger Schomberger]
30. [/Secchi Secchi]
31. [/Simpelius Simpelius]
32. [/Sirsalis Sirsalis]
33. [/Stein Stein]
34. [/Tacquet Tacquet]
35. [/Tannerus Tannerus]
36. [/Triesnecker Triesnecker]
37. [/Zucchius Zucchius]
38. [/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.

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