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  • Vendelinus
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' VENDELINUS.--The second great enclosure pertaining to the meridional c ...'''Smith''' by [[Wilkins%20and%20Moore|Wilkins and Moore]], but the [[IAU|IAU]] did not accept that name.<br />
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  • Vieta
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' VIETA.--One of the finest objects in the third quadrant; a ring-plain
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  • Vitello
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' VITELLO.--A very peculiar ring-plain, 28 miles in diameter, on the S.
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  • Vitruvius
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' VITRUVIUS.--A ring-plain 19 miles in diameter with bright but not very
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  • Vlacq
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' VLACQ.--A member of a magnificent group of closely associated formatio
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  • W. Bond
    ''(Current [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20nomenclature IAU] name; original IAU name: '''Bond''' or '''W.C. Bond''')''<br /> ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' W.C. BOND.--A great enclosed plain of rhomboidal shape on the N. of [ht
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  • Walther
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' WALTER.--A great rhomboidal walled-plain, 100 miles in diameter, with a ...t the name of this famous crater. In 1979 the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU IAU] approved using the generic given name "Walter" to refer to a [http://the-m
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  • Wargentin
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' WARGENTIN.--A most remarkable member of the [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Ph
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  • Webb
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WEBB.--A ring-plain W. of [[Maclaurin|Maclaurin]], about 14 miles in d * This name was part of the original [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]]. According to ''[[Whitaker|Whitaker]]'' (p. 223), it was int
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  • Weigel
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WEIGEL.--A not very conspicuous ring-plain on the S. of [[Schiller|Sch * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6510 Weigel]
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  • Werner
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WERNER.--A ring-plain, 45 miles in diameter, with a massive rampart cr
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  • Whewell
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' WHEWELL.--Another bright little ring, about 3 miles in diameter, some d
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  • Wichmann
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WICHMANN.--This bright crater, about 5 miles in diameter, stands on a
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  • Wiki Updater
    ...betic index, and under "Additional Information" to the feature page at the IAU site. It also makes some minor changes to page formatting. ...iki+Updater+3.zip Wiki Updater 3] (updated June 16, 2012 to include latest IAU names list and [http://astrogeology.usgs.gov/HotTopics/index.php?/archives/
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  • Wilhelm
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WILHELM I.--A large irregular formation, about 50 miles across, S.W. o
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  • Wilson
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WILSON.--The most southerly of the chain of five massive ring-plains,
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  • Wolff, Mt.
    ''(unofficial name; current IAU name: '''Mons Wolff''', formerly '''Wolf (Mt)''')''<br /> ...''[http://lpod.org/coppermine/displayimage.php?pos=-2529 LO-IV-114H]'' The IAU's '''Mons Wolff''' is the triangular area just above center. To its immedia
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  • Wollaston
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' WOLLASTON.--A small bright crater on the Mare N. of [http://the-moon.us
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  • Wrottesley
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WROTTESLEY.--A formation, about 25 miles in diameter, closely associat
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  • Wurzelbauer
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' WURZELBAUER.--Another irregular walled-plain, about 50 miles in diamet
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  • Xenophanes
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' XENOPHANES.--But for its position, this deep walled-plain, 185 miles i
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  • Xi-Eta
    * Although the IAU convention for east and west on the Moon was reversed in the early 1960's, ...e very hard to tell if the writer is thinking in terms of projected Xi-Eta directions, or (what is more properly called a "bearing") a direction relative to the
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  • Zach
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' ZACH.--A massive formation, 46 miles in diameter, on the S. of [http:// * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/6690 Zach]
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  • Zagut
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ZAGUT.--The most westerly of a group of closely associated irregular w
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  • Zucchius
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' ZUCHIUS.--Is situated on the S.W. of [[Segner|Segner]], which it sligh
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  • Zupus
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' ZUPUS.--A formation about 12 miles in diameter with a dark floor, situa
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  • Space.template.craters1
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''<br /> <br />
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  • Schröter's Valley
    ''(former IAU name; current IAU name: '''Vallis Schröteri''')''<br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' (see [[Herodotus|Herodotus]]): The great serpentine cleft, discovered
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  • Beer and Mädler
    ...ublished with south at top, in the modern system of [[IAU%20directions|IAU directions]] the four Roman numeraled quadrants divide the visible disk of Moon at zer
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  • Bürg
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BURG.--A noteworthy formation, 28 miles in diameter, on the Mare, N. o
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  • Büsching
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' BUSCHING.--A ring-plain S. of [[Zagut|Zagut]], about 36 miles in diame
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  • Crüger
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' CRUGER.--A regular ring-plain W. of [[Fontana|Fontana]], 30 miles in d
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  • Gärtner
    ...Geologic map]<br /> <br /> [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/2302 IAU page]<br /> <br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' GARTNER.--A very large walled-plain with a low incomplete border on th
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  • Kästner
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' KASTNER.--A large walled-plain at the S. end of the [[Mare%20Smythii|M ...hotographic Lunar Atlas]]'' (approved by the IAU) that he has modified the IAU boundary of this feature: "Now applies only to the southern component of th
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  • La Pérouse
    ''(current [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU]] name; original IAU name: '''Lapéyrouse''')''<br /> ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' LA PEYROUSE.--A much foreshortened walled-plain, 41 miles in diameter,
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  • Linné
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' LINNE.--A formation on the W. side of the [[Mare%20Serenitatis|Mare Se * IAU page: [http://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/3413 Linné]
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  • Mädler
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' MADLER.--The interest attaching to this formation is not to be measured ...n, 1876] had adopted the name Mädler. It was introduced into the original IAU nomenclature of ''[http://the-moon.us/wiki/Named%20Lunar%20Formations Named
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  • Mädler's square
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])''<br /> <br /> ...ore|Wilkins and Moore]] proposed calling this area '''Bartlett''', but the IAU did not accept the suggestion.
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  • Mösting
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' MOSTING.--A very deep ring-plain, 15 miles in diameter, near the moon'
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  • Pingré
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' PINGRE.--A ring-plain, about 18 miles in diameter, between [[Phocylide ...us named by John Westfall and the ALPO), but... it was not approved by the IAU as the name of a lunar crater. It is on Mars. For the '''La Paz'''/ '''Ping
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  • Pontécoulant
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' PONTECOULANT.--A great irregular walled plain, about 100 miles in leng
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  • Réaumur
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' REAUMUR.--A large pentagonal enclosure, about 30 miles in diameter, wi
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  • Rükl
    ...ication, Rükl has generally striven to adhere to the [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU nomenclature]] as closely as possible.<br /> <br /> ...tellite feature names (at the time the maps were being prepared, the [[IAU|IAU]] did not maintain an official list of lettered craters), and in a very few
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  • Rükl 11
    ...'Lacus Marinus''' (J.Hewelcke's disallowed name for the region west of the IAU's '''Archimedes'''). ...ected for in the quote, in [http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions lunar directions] since this was written)''':'''<br /> ''"These mountains are each designate
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  • Rükl Index Map
    ...automatically labeling them using a complete list of [[IAU%20nomenclature|IAU approved]] lunar surface feature names. ...ark at a given location indicates that the feature at that position has no IAU-approved name. The text list following the map includes all names (whether
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  • Schröter
    ''([http://the-moon.us/wiki/IAU%20directions IAU Directions])'' SCHROTER.--A somewhat larger formation (than [http://the-moon.us/wiki/S
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  • Stöfler
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' STOFLER.--A grand object, very similar in size and general character t
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  • Sömmering
    ''([[IAU%20directions|IAU Directions]])'' SOMMERING.--An incomplete ring-plain, 17 miles in diameter, situated o
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