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- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ANSGARIUS.--A ring-plain, 50 miles in diameter, still nearer to the li3 KB (390 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2018
- ''(current [[IAU|IAU]] name; former IAU name: '''Apennines'''; informally: '''Apennine Mountains''')''<br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''THE APENNINES.-- by far the most magnificent range on the visible surfa7 KB (1,049 words) - 20:40, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' APIANUS.--A magnificent ring-plain, 38 miles in diameter, N.E. of [[Al3 KB (401 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' APOLLONIUS.--A ring-plain, 30 miles in diameter, standing in the mount5 KB (667 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' ARAGO.--A much larger formation, 18 miles in diameter, N. of [http://th7 KB (1,086 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2018
- (''[[Mons|discontinued]] IAU names'')<br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' There are two curious circular protuberances on the Mare W. of [[Arago6 KB (948 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARATUS.--One of the most brilliant objects on the visible surface of t * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/344 Aratus]3 KB (506 words) - 19:43, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARCHIMEDES.--Next to Plato the finest object on the [[Mare%20Imbrium|M * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/350 Archimedes]7 KB (1,091 words) - 21:04, 22 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARCHYTAS.--A bright ring-plain, 21 miles in diameter, on the edge of t3 KB (438 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' ARGELANDER.--This conspicuous ring-plain, about 20 miles in diameter, i ...se of the name '''Argelander''' for the present feature was adopted by the IAU in ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named Lunar Format6 KB (860 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARIADAEUS.--A bright little crater of polygonal shape, with another cr * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/373 Ariadaeus]6 KB (859 words) - 19:44, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARISTARCHUS.--The brightest object on the moon, forming with [[Herodot ...of '''Aristarchus''', '''MacDonald''' to honor Thomas MacDonald. The [[IAU|IAU]] did not accept this proposal, but later added MacDonald to the honorees a11 KB (1,618 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''(unofficial name; official [[IAU|IAU]] name: '''Rimae Aristarchus''')''<br /> <div id="toc"> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' The mountain plateau N. of Aristarchus deserves careful scrutiny, as i4 KB (598 words) - 19:44, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARISTILLUS.--A larger and much more elaborate ring-plain, 34 miles in5 KB (801 words) - 19:44, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARISTOTELES.--A magnificent ring-plain, 60 miles in diameter, with a c5 KB (766 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARNOLD.--A great enclosure, bounded, like so many other formations her3 KB (475 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ARZACHEL.--Another magnificent object, associated on the N. with [[Alp5 KB (712 words) - 20:59, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' ATLAS.--This, and its companion [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Hercules Hercu * According to the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20Planetary%20Gazetteer IAU Planetary Gazetteer], named for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_%28myth10 KB (1,503 words) - 21:00, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' AUTOLYCUS.--A ring-plain 23 miles in diameter, deviating considerably5 KB (815 words) - 21:00, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' AZOUT.--A small ring-plain, connected with [[Firmicus|Firmicus]] by a3 KB (485 words) - 21:00, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' AZOPHI.--A prominent ring-plain, 30 miles in diameter, W.N.W. of [[Sac ...'' was called '''Sisebuto''' by Wilkins and Paluzie-Borrell, but the [[IAU|IAU]] did not accept that name.3 KB (519 words) - 19:44, 15 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BABBAGE.--A still larger enclosed area, adjoining South on the W., and * The name (attributed to Birt) was added to the IAU nomenclature in ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]''.3 KB (483 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BACON.--A very fine ring-plain, 40 miles in diameter, S.E. of [[Claira3 KB (471 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''(unofficial name; IAU crater name: '''Bailly'''; 287 km diam.)''<br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BAILLY.--One of the largest wall-surrounded plains on the moon, almost5 KB (814 words) - 17:55, 22 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BAILY.--A small ring-plain, N. of [[B%C3%BCrg|Burg]], flanked by mount3 KB (408 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BALL.--A somewhat smaller ring-plain on the S.W. edge of the great plai3 KB (456 words) - 21:00, 16 April 2018
- ...egarded as components of the [[Dorsa%20Harker|Dorsa Harker]] system by the IAU. The remaining parts of the quadrangle are much more vague than Barker's de ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''<br /> <br />22 KB (3,415 words) - 17:55, 22 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BAROCIUS.--A massive formation, about 50 miles in diameter, on the S.E3 KB (408 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BARROW.--There are few more striking or beautiful objects at sunrise t3 KB (411 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BAYER.--This object, 29 miles in diameter, with a terraced border risi2 KB (313 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BEAUMONT.--A ring-plain about 30 miles in diameter, on the S.W. side of6 KB (943 words) - 02:41, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BEER.--A very bright little crater, with an unnamed formation of about * '''Beer''' was Catalog Number 1185 in the original IAU nomenclature of ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]''.6 KB (923 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BEHAIM.--A great ring-plain, 65 miles in diameter, S. of [[Ansgarius|A2 KB (362 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BELLOT.--A brilliant little ring-plain N.W. of [http://the-moon.us/wiki3 KB (524 words) - 21:01, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BERNOUILLI.--A very deep ring-plain on the E. side of [http://the-moon. * The IAU crater name honors two brothers:5 KB (836 words) - 21:02, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BEROSUS.--A somewhat smaller object of a similar type, N. of [http://th2 KB (384 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BERZELIUS.--A considerable ring-plain of regular form, with low walls a2 KB (326 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BESSARION.--A bright little ring-plain, about 6 miles in diameter, in t ...ins%20and%20Moore Wilkins and Moore], but the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU IAU] did not accept that name.4 KB (675 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BESSEL.--A bright circular crater, 14 miles in diameter, on the S. hal * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/720 Bessel]7 KB (1,101 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BETTINUS.--Another ring-plain of the same type and size, some distance3 KB (465 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BIANCHINI.--A fine ring-plain, about 18 miles in diameter, on the N.W. * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/734 Bianchini]4 KB (628 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BIELA.--A considerable ring-plain, about 55 miles in diameter, S.E. of2 KB (311 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BILLY.--A ring-plain, 31 miles in diameter, S.W. of [[Letronne|Letronn3 KB (419 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ...w.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/usgs/I794/ Geologic map]<br /> <br /> IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/750 Biot]<br /> <br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BIOT.--A brilliant little ring-plain, scarcely more than 7 miles in di5 KB (687 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BIRMINGHAM.-- A large rhomboidal-shaped enclosure, defined by mountain3 KB (481 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BIRT.--This ring-plain, about 12 miles in diameter, is situated on the ...uced. Many of these were later adopted by the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU IAU]. <span class="membersnap">- Jim Mosher</span>9 KB (1,395 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BLANCANUS.--A formation, 50 miles in diameter, on the S.W. side of [[C * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/767 Blancanus]4 KB (560 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BLANCHINUS.--A large walled-plain on the E. of [http://the-moon.us/wiki3 KB (451 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BODE.--A brilliant ring-plain, 9 miles in diameter, situated on the N. ...Collated List]]'', and incorporated into the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]] of [[Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller|Blagg and Müller]] (1935).6 KB (889 words) - 21:02, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BOHNENBERGER.--A ring-plain about 22 miles in diameter, situated on th4 KB (575 words) - 21:02, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BONPLAND.--A ruined walled-plain with a low and much broken wall, whic4 KB (685 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BORDA.--A ring-plain about 25 miles in diameter, S.S.E. of [[Santbech|3 KB (444 words) - 21:03, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BOSCOVICH.--This is not a very striking telescopic object under any pha4 KB (544 words) - 21:03, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BOUGUER.--A bright regular little ring-plain, about 8 miles in diamete * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/839 Bouguer]2 KB (323 words) - 02:42, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BRAYLEY.--A very conspicuous little ring-plain W.S.W. of [http://the-mo5 KB (742 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BRIGGS.--This bright regular ring-plain, 33 miles in diameter, is situ5 KB (803 words) - 21:03, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' BUCH.--Adjoins [http://the-moon.us/wiki/B%C3%BCsching Busching] on the5 KB (752 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BULLIALDUS.--A noble object, 38 miles in diameter, forming with its su * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/917 Bullialdus]11 KB (1,650 words) - 21:04, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BURCKHARDT.--This object, situated on an apparent extension of the E. * This name was part of the original IAU nomenclature of ''[[Named%20Lunar%20Formations|Named Lunar Formations]]'' (4 KB (645 words) - 21:04, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BYRGIUS.--A very irregular enclosure, about 40 miles in diameter, betw ...s called '''''La Paz''''' by Hugh Percy Wilkins and Patrick Moore, but the IAU did not accept that name. According to the book ''The Moon'' by [[Wilkins%24 KB (630 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ...The small mountain on the west, mentioned by Elger, was once known in the IAU nomenclature as '''C. Herschel Zeta'''. The long ridge on which '''C. Hersc ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAROLINE HERSCHEL.--A bright and very deep ring-plain about 8 miles in5 KB (683 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CHRISTIAN MAYER.--A prominent rhomboidal-shaped ring-plain, 18 miles i3 KB (479 words) - 21:04, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CABEUS.--Another object out of the range of satisfactory scrutiny. Mad * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/953 Cabeus]8 KB (1,191 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CALIPPUS.--A bright ring-plain 17 miles in diameter, situated in the m4 KB (686 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAMPANUS.--A ring-plain, 30 miles in diameter, on the rocky barrier, e4 KB (653 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAPELLA.--Forms with [[Isidorus|Isodorus]], its companion on the W. (w * The original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]] of [[Blagg%20and%20M%C3%BCller|Blagg and Müller]] included4 KB (555 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAPUANUS.--A large ring-plain, about 34 miles in diameter, W. of [[Cic3 KB (417 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CARDANUS.--A fine regular ring-plain, about 32 miles in diameter, near3 KB (456 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' CARLINI.--A small but prominent and deep little crater about 5 miles in ...ins%20and%20Moore Wilkins and Moore], but the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU IAU] did not accept either name.5 KB (772 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CARRINGTON.--A small ring-plain, belonging to the [[Messala|Messala]]2 KB (282 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CASATUS.--A large walled-plain, about 50 miles in diameter, S.W. of [[ ...ent feature, although according to a report in [[IAU%20Transactions%20XIIB|IAU Transactions XIIB]], [[Johann%20Schr%C3%B6ter|Johann Schröter]] identified3 KB (529 words) - 02:43, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' CASSINI.--This remarkable ring-plain, about 36 miles in diameter, is ve * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1045 Cassini]14 KB (2,128 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CATHERINA.--The largest of the three great formations: a ring-plain wi3 KB (507 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAUCHY.--A bright little crater, not more than 7 or 8 miles in diamete ..."Nöther (or Nöter)") had actually been previously approved by the [[IAU|IAU]] for an unrelated farside crater, and had been published in [[Menzel%2C%207 KB (1,006 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAVALERIUS.--The most northerly member of the linear chain, a ring-pla5 KB (663 words) - 21:06, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAVENDISH.--A notable ring-plain, 32 miles in diameter, S.W. of [[Mers4 KB (618 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CAYLEY.--A very deep bright crater, with a dark interior, N. of [[De%25 KB (710 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ...d '''Censorinus AB''' (a name no longer officially recognized by the [[IAU|IAU]]) on the [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/mapcatalog/AIC/AIC79A/ AIC map ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CENSORINUS.--A brilliant little crater, with very bright surroundings,9 KB (1,409 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CEPHEUS.--A peculiarly shaped ring-plain, 27 miles in diameter. The W. ...oli|Riccioli]]'s map (from which much of the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]] derives), however the feature so-designated was what we now5 KB (802 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CHACORNAC.--This object, connected with [[Posidonius|Posidonius]] on t3 KB (370 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CHALLIS.--A ring-plain adjoining [[Scoresby|Scoresby]] on the N.W. It * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1126 Challis]2 KB (315 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CHEVALLIER.--An inconspicuous object enclosed by slightly curved ridge3 KB (536 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' CICHUS.--A conspicuous ring-plain, about 20 miles in diameter, with a p3 KB (508 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ...wer right) and 12-km '''Clairaut E''' (in the upper left). Several smaller IAU-named [[lettered%20crater|lettered craters]] are also wholly or partially v ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CLAIRAUT.--A very peculiar formation, about 40 miles in diameter, S. o3 KB (483 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CLAUSIUS.--A small bright ring-plain in an isolated position N.E. of [3 KB (483 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CLAVIUS.--There are few lunar observers who have not devoted more or l7 KB (1,144 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1239 Cleomedes] ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CLEOMEDES.--A large oblong enclosure, 78 miles in diameter, with massi5 KB (769 words) - 21:07, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CLEOSTRATUS.--A small ring-plain, N. of [[Xenophanes|Xenophanes]], sur2 KB (335 words) - 02:44, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])''<br /> <br />4 KB (602 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' COLOMBO.--A fine ring-plain, about 50 miles in diameter, situated in t * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1273 Colombo]3 KB (474 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''<br /> <br />3 KB (409 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CONDORCET.--A very prominent ring-plain, 45 miles in diameter, situate4 KB (623 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CONON.--A bright little crater, 11 miles in diameter, situated among t2 KB (372 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ...rater-row, consisting of six or seven craters, diminishing in size in both directions from the centre.<br /> <br />3 KB (468 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' COPERNICUS.--This is without question the grandest object, not only on16 KB (2,402 words) - 21:08, 16 April 2018
- ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' CROZIER.--A conspicuous ring-plain a few miles N.N.E. of [http://the-mo4 KB (577 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CURTIUS.--A magnificent formation, about 50 miles in diameter, with on * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/1353 Curtius]4 KB (661 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CUVIER.--A walled-plain, about 50 miles in diameter, on the S.W. of [[3 KB (370 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CYRILLUS.--The massive border of [[Theophilus|Theophilus]] partially o5 KB (752 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018
- ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CYSATUS.--A regular walled-plain, apparently about 28 miles in diamete2 KB (296 words) - 02:45, 16 April 2018