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TRANSACTIONS OF THE IAU : VOLUME XVB
(the following is excerpted from the book published by D. Reidel in 1974)
Note: see Ashbrook, 1974 for a pre-publication news story about changes adopted at this meeting, some of which do not appear in the final text.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIFTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY (SYDNEY 1973)



G. CONTOPOULOS General Secretary of the Union
Edited by A. JAPPEL Executive Secretary

(from pp. 110-112:)

WORKING GROUP: LUNAR NOMENCLATURE


Chairman: D. H. Menzel, Members: B. Levin, H. Masursky. Prof. Levin was unable to attend.

The Working Group held two open sessions on 22 August afternoon and 25 August morning. The attendance was around 15-20 members.

The WG had been entrusted with the responsibility of defining the system of nomenclature for the craters and topographic features at smaller scale than the telescopic resolving power and to apply it on the new detailed lunar cartographic program. In order to meet this assignment, the WG had particularly intensive activity during the past three years, to arrive at a proposal reaching a general consensus. After several meetings in 1971 to explore the field, it held formal sessions on 17-18 May 1972 in Madrid, on 27 November 1972 in Paris, on 9-10 March 1972 in Houston, on 21-23 May 1973 in Constance, plus working sessions at the IUCM General Assemblies of 15 November 1971 and 28 November 1972.

The Chairman, D. H. Menzel, summarized the work done, presented the scheme proposed for the designation of small lunar features and opened the proposal to discussion. A 2-hours discussion followed in which at least 10 participants expressed comments, remarks, first on the general scheme, then on more precise points. The Chairman ended the session by proposing that although the general spirit of the first draft remained unchanged, he would prepare for the second session of the WG an improved version of the draft, accounting for the new balance of consensus on details resulting from the advices of the participants.

At the second session, the new draft of the resolution was presented to the audience. Again, about 10 members participated actively in the improvement of certain aspects, although clearly the consensus on the general principles was already reached at the beginning of the discussion. A final proposal was then agreed upon to be presented for adoption at the General Assembly of the Commission, and adopted with unanimity of the voting members, as follows:

Resolution on Lunar Nomenclature

"Commission 17 recommends for adoption the following resolutions concerning lunar nomenclature.

(1) The abundant data secured by space vehicles have made possible new programs of lunar mapping, which require a more precise and detailed system of nomenclature than the current system originated by Mädler. The revised system employs a geometrical grid of Regions and Provinces.

(2) In the new system, parallels of latitude and meridian arcs divide the lunar surface into 144 Regions, as in the NASA Lunar Aeronautical Charts (LAC), on the scale 1:1000000, Figure 1. (For details see Robert Carder, The Moon, IAU Symposium 14, p. 17). Each region is subdivided into sixteen Provinces, as in the NASA Lunar Topograhic Orthophotomaps (LTO), on the scale 1:250000. Each Province carries a code designation, consisting of its LAC Region number, followed by a letter A, B, C, or D and a number 1, 2, 3, or 4. For example, Figure 2 illustrates the coding for Province 39 A 1.

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(3) Consistent with standard cartographic practice, each Region and each Province will also bear the name of some prominent feature (preferably a crater) within it. Names of Provinces will not duplicate those of Regions.

(4) A grid system may be used for further identification of features within a given Province. Abscissae are indicated by one of the capital letters A-Z (I and 0 are omitted), from west to east. Ordinates are indicated by one of the lower-case letters a-z (i and o omitted), from south to north. This letter system is primarily for identification and reference and will not generally be used on the maps.

(5) The Greek letters previously indicating lunar elevations will be dropped. Craters previously designated by Roman capital letters will progressively be assigned new and distinctive names. To facilitate cross correlation between the current and the new system, the old names should be listed on the larger-scale maps. At an appropriate time a complete cross-reference table will be prepared.

(6) Elevated regions will generally require new designations. Ridges, previously unnamed, will be called Dorsum, plural Dorsa. Rimae and Rima systems will receive new and more appropriate designations. Crater chains will be designated Catena, such as Catena Davy.

(7) Whereas previously assigned lunar names have been, with few exceptions, those of distinguished deceased scientists, future assignments may also contain the names of distinguished, deceased contributors to human culture and knowledge, such as writers, painters, musicians, etc., chosen on an international basis. Exclused, however, are political, military, and religious figures, as well as modern philosophers.

(8) Very small features requiring identification for some special reason may be assigned, with IAU approval, first names, male or female, from an international list. Excluded, however, are names having more than three syllables.

(9) For operational purposes, such as designating areas specially explored or sampled, Apollo missions have assigned names to certain features in the vicinity of the respective landing sites. The list* was corrected and revised by the Working Group in consultation with the astronauts and Principal Investigators of the Apollo missions. The IAU requests that future lists of this type be submitted to the IAU in advance of the mission.

(10) The complete corrected list of the adopted names is published in Appendix 1. The list contains the name of M. Minnaert, who died shortly after the 1970 General Assembly. It contains also the name of Abbot (C. G.), who is still living.** It was assigned to honor Abbot's 100th birthday."

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(* Copies are available at the office of Dr H. Menzel.)
(** C. G. Abbot died after the XVth General Assembly.)

(appendices from pp. 207-217 follow)

LUNAR AND MARTIAN NOMENCLATURE


A large number of names of craters and other features on the Moon and Mars, were accepted by the IAU General Assemblies X (Moscow, 1958), XI (Berkeley, 1961), XII (Hamburg, 1964), XIV (Brighton, 1970), and XV (Sydney, 1973).

The names were suggested by the appropriate IAU Commissions (16 and 17). In particular the Lunar names accepted at the XIVth and XVth General Assemblies were recommended by the `Working Group on Lunar Nomenclature' under the Chairmanship of Dr D. H. Menzel. The Martian names were suggested by the `Working Group on Martian Nomenclature' under the Chairmanship of Dr G. de Vaucouleurs. At the XVth General Assembly a new `Working Group on Planetary System Nomenclature' was formed (Chairman: Dr P. M. Millman) comprising various Task Groups, one for each particular subject. For further references see: IAU Trans. X, 259-263, 1960; XIB, 236-238, 1962; XIIB, 203-204, 1966; XIIIB, 99-105, 1968; XIVB, 63, 129, 139, 1971; Space Sci. Rev. 12, 136-186, 1971.

Because at the recent General Assemblies some small changes, or corrections, were made, the complete list of Lunar and Martian Topographic Features is published here.

(note: the following list is complete only with respect to changes made since 1958. Names in the earlier nomenclature do not seem to be included unless the feature location was changed. - Jim Mosher)

Table 1: Lunar Craters


Abbe

58S, 174E

Abbot

6N, 55E

Abel

34S, 85E

Abul Wáfa

2N, 117E

Adams

32S, 69E

Aitken

17S, 173E

Al-Biruni

18N, 93E

Alden

24S, 111E

Aldrin

1.4N, 22.1E

Alekhin

68S, 131W

Alter

19N, 108W

Amici

l0S, 172W

Amundsen

85S, 85E

Anders

42S, 144W

Anderson

16N, 171E

Antoniadi

69S, 173W

Appleton

37N, 158E

Armstrong

1.5N, 25E

Arrhenius

55S, 91W

Artamonov

26N, 104E

Artem'ev

10N, 145W

Aston

33N, 88W

Avicenna

39N, 97W

Avogadro

64N, 165E

Baade

44S, 82W

Babakin

21S, 123E

Babcock

4N, 94E

Backlund

165, 103E



Balboa

19N, 83W

Baldet

54S, 151 W

Balmer

20S, 70E

Banachiewicz

5N, 80E

Banting

26N, 16E

Barbier

24S, 158E

Barnard

30S, 86E

Barringer

29S, 151 W

Bartels

24N, 90W

Becquerel

41N, 129E

Becvár

2S, 125E

Beijerinck

13S, 152E

Bel'kovich

61N, 90E

Bell

22N, 96W

Bellingsgauzen

61S, 164W

Belopol'skij

18S, 128W

Belyaev

23N, 143E

Bergstrand

19S, 176E

Berkner

25N, l05W

Berlage

64S, 164W

Bhabha

56S, 165W

Birkeland

30S, 174E

Birkhoff

59N, 148W

Bjerknes

38S, 113E

Blazhko

31N, 148W

Bobone

26N, 132W

Bohr

13N, 86W

Boltzmann

75S, 90W


from p. 208

Bolyai

34S, 125E

Boole

64N, 87W

Borman

39S, 149W

Bose

54S, 170W

Boss

46N, 88E

Bowen

18N, 9E

Boyle

54S, 178E

Brackett

18N, 24E

Bragg

42N, 103W

Brashear

74S, 172W

Bredikhin

17N, 158W

Brianchon

75N, 87W

Bridgman

44N, 137E

Brouwer

36S, 125W

Brunner

10S, 91E

Buffon

41S, 134W

Buisson

1S, 113E

Bunsen

42N, 86W

Butlerov

12N, 110W

Buys-Ballot

21N, 175E

Byrd

85N, l0E

Cabannes

61S, 171W

Cajal

13N, 31E

Cajori

48S, 168E

Cameron

6N, 46E

Campbell

45N, 152E

Cannizzaro

55N, 100W

Cannon

20N, 81E

Cantor

38N, 118E

Carmichael

20N, 40E

Carnot

52N, 144W

Carver

435, 127E

Cassegrain

52S, 113E

Catalan

46S, 87W

Chaffee

39S, 155W

Chamberlin

59S, 96E

Champollion

37N, 175E

Chandler

44N, 171 E

Chang Heng

19N, 112E

Chant

41S, 110W

Chaplygin

6S, 150E

Chapman

50N, 101 W

Chappell

55N, 179W

Charlier

36N, 132W

Chaucer

3N, 140W

Chauvenet

12S, 137E

Chebyshev

34S, 133W

Chernyshev

47N, 174E

Chretien

47S, 163E

Clark

38S, 119E

Clerke

22N, 29E

Coblentz

38S, 126E

Cockcroft

30N, 164W

Collins

1.3N, 23.7E

Compton

56N, l05E

Comrie

23N, 113W

Comstock

21N, 122W

Congreve

0, 168W



Cooper

53N, 176E

Coriolis

0, 172E

Coulomb

54N, 115W

Cremona

67N, 90W

Crocco

47S, 150E

Crommelin

68S, 148W

Crookes

11S, 165W

Curie

23S, 92E

Curtis

16N, 56E

Cyrano

20S, 157E

Daedalus

6S, 180

D'Alembert

52N, 164E

Dalton

17N, 84W

Daly

5N, 57E

Danjon

11S, 123E

Dante

25N, 180

Das

27S, 138W

Daubrée

16N, 15E

Da Vinci

10N, 44E

Davisson

38S, 175W

Dawson

67S, 134W

Debye

50N, 177W

De Forest

77S, 162W

Dellinger

7S, 140E

Delporte

16S, 121E

Denning

16S, 143E

De Roy

55S, 99W

Desargues

70N, 74W

De Sitter

80N, 38E

Deutsch

24N, 110E

De Vries

20S, 177W

Dewar

3S, 166E

Dirichlet

10N, 151W

Dobrovol'skij

13S, 129E

Donner

31S, 98E

Doppler

13S, 160W

Douglass

35N, 122W

Dreyer

10N, 97E

Drude

39S, 91W

Dryden

33S, 157W

Drygalski

80S, 80W

Dubyago

5N, 70E

Dufay

5N, 170E

Dugan

65N, 103E

Duner

45N, 179E

Dyson

61N, 121W

Dziewulski

21N, 99E

Eckert

18N, 58E

Eddington

22N, 72W

Edison

25N, 99E

Ehngelgardt

5N, 159W

Ehrlich

41N, 172W

Einstein

17N, 88W

Eijkman

63S, 142W

Einthoven

5S, 110E

Ellerman

26S, 121W

Ellison

55N, 108W

Elvey

9N, 101 W


from p. 209


Emden

63N, 176W

Eötvös

36S, 134E

Erro

6N, 98E

Esnault-Pelterie

47N, 142W

Espin

28N, 109E

Evans

10S, 134W

Evdokimov

35N, 153W

Evershed

36N, 160W

Fabry

43N, 100E

Fechner

59S, 125E

Fen'yi

45S, 105W

Feoktistov

31 N, 140E

Fermi

20S, 122E

Fersman

18N, 126W

Fesenkov

23S, 135E

Firsov

4N, 112E

Fitzgerald

27N, 172W

Fizeau

58S, 133W

Fleming

15N, 109E

Focas

34S, 94W

Foster

23N, 142W

Fowler

43N, 145W

Fox

0, 98E

Franck

23N, 36E

Freud

26N, 52W

Freundlich

25N, 171E

Fridman

13S, 127W

Froelich

80N, 110W

Frost

37N, 119W

Gadomski

36N, 147W

Gagarin

20S, 149E

Galen

22N, 5E

Galois

15S, 153W

Gamow

65N, 144E

Ganskij

10S, 97E

Ganswindt

80S, 110E

Garavito

48S, 157E

Gavrilov

17N, 131 E

Geiger

14S, 158E

Gerasimovich

23S, 124W

Gernsback

36S, 99E

Gibbs

18S, 84E

Gilbert

3S, 76E

Gill

64S, 75E

Ginzel

14N, 97E

Giordano Bruno

36N, 103E

Glazenap

2S, 138E

Goddard

15N, 89E

Golitsyn

25S, 105W

Golovin

40N, 161E

Grachev

3S, 108W

Graff

43S, 88W

Green

4N, 133E

Gregory

2N, 127E

Grigg

13N, 130W

Grissom

48S, 149W

Grotrian

665, 128E

Gullstrand

45N, 129W


Gum

40S, 89E

Guthnick

48S, 94W

Guyot

11N, 117E

Hadley

25N, 3E

Hagen

48S, 135E

Haldane

2S, 84E

Hale

74S, 90E

Hamilton

43S, 84E

Harriot

33N, 114E

Hartmann

3N, 135E

Hartwig

6S, 80W

Harvey

19N, 147W

Hatanaka

29N, 122W

Hayford

13N, 176W

Hayn

65N, 83E

Healy

32N, 111 W

Heaviside

11S, 167E

Hedin

3N, 77W

Helberg

22N, 102W

Henderson

SN, 152E

Hendrix

48S, 161W

Henyey

13N, 152W

Hermite

86N, 88W

Hertz

13N, 104E

Hertzsprung

0, 129W

Hess

54S, 174E

Heymans

75N, 144W

Hilbert

18S, 108E

Hill

21N, 41E

Hippocrates

71N, 146W

Hirayama

6S, 93E

Hoffmeister

15N, 137E

Hogg

34N, 122E

Hohmann

18S, 94W

Holetschek

28S, 151 E

Hornsby

24N, 12E

Houtermans

9S, 87E

Houzeau

18S, 124W

Hubble

22N, 87E

Humason

31N, 57W

Hutton

37N, 169E

Huxley

20N, 5W

Ibn Yunus

14N, 91E

Icarus

6S, 173W

Idel'son

82S, 114E

Ingalls

26N, 153W

Innes

28N, 119E

Ioffe

15S, 129W

Izsak

23S, 117E

Jackson

22N, 163W

Jansky

9N, 89E

Jeans

56S, 91 E

Jenner

425, 96E

Joliot

26N, 94E

Joule

27N, 144W

Joy

25N, 7E

Jules Verne

35S, 147E

Kamerlingh Onnes

15N, 116W


from p. 210


Kapteyn

11S, 71E

Karpinskij

73N, 166E

Katchalsky

6N, 116E

Kearons

12S, 113W

Keeler

10S, 162E

Kekulé

16N, 138W

Khvol'son

14S, 112E

Kibal'chich

2N, 147W

Kidinnu

36N, 123E

Kiess

6S, 84E

Kimura

57S, 118E

King

5N, 120E

Kirkwood

69N, 157W

Klejmenov

33S, 141W

Klute

37N, 142W

Knox-Shaw

5N, 80E

Koch

43S, 150E

Kohlschutter

15N, 154E

Kolhörster

10N, 114W

Komarov

25N, 153E

Kondratyuk

15S, 115E

Konstantinov

20N, 159E

Kopff

17S, 90W

Korolev

5S, 157W

Kostinskij

14N, 118E

Kovalevskaya

31N, 129W

Koval'skij

22S, 101 E

Kramers

53N, 128W

Krasnov

30S, 80W

Krasovskij

4N, 176W

Kreiken

9S, 84E

Krylov

35N, 167W

Kugler

53S, 104E

Kulik

42N, 155W

Kuo Shou Shing

8N, 134W

Kurchatov

38N, 142E

Lacchini

41 N, 107W

Lamarck

23S, 70W

Lamb

43S, 101E

Lame

14S, 64E

Lampland

31S, 131E

Landau

42N, 119W

Lane

9S, 132E

Langemak

10S, 119G

Langevin

44N, 162E

Langley

52N, 87W

Langmuir

36S, 129W

Larmor

32N, 180

Laue

28N, 97W

Lauritsen

275, 96E

Lawrence

8N, 43E

Leavitt

46S, 140W

Lebedev

48S, 108E

Lebedinskij

8N, 165W

Leeuwenhoek

30S, 179W

Leibnitz

38S, 178E

Lemaitre

62S, 150W

Lents

3N, 102W



Leonov

19N, 148E

Leucippus

29N, 116W

Leuschner

1N, 109W

Levi-Civita

24S, 143E

Lewis

19S, 114W

Ley

43N, 154E

Lindblad

70N, 99W

Litke

17S, 123E

Lobachevskij

9N, 113E

Lodygin

18S, 147W

Lomonosov

27N, 98E

Lorentz

34N, 100W

Love

6S, 129E

Lovelace

82N, 107W

Lovell

37S, 143W

Lowell

13S, 103W

Lucian

15N, 37E

Lucretius

9S, 121W

Ludwig

7S, 97E

Lundmark

39S, 152E

Lyapunov

27N, 89E

Lyman

65S, 162E

Lyot

51 N, 84E

Mach

18N, 149W

Maksutov

415, 169W

Malyj

22N, l05E

Mandel'shtam

6N, 162E

Marci

22N, 169W

Marconi

9S, 145E

Mariotte

295, 140W

Markov

53N, 63W

Maunder

14S, 94W

Maxwell

30N, 98E

McKellar

16S, 171 W

McLaughlin

47N, 93W

McMath

15N, 167W

McNally

22N, 127W

Mechnikov

11S, 149W

Mees

14N, 96W

Meggers

24N, 123E

Meitner

115, 113E

Mendel

49S, 110W

Mendeleev

6N, 141 E

Merrill

75N, 116W

Meshcherskij

12N, 125E

Mezentsev

72N, 129W

Michelson

6N, 121W

Milankovic

77N, 170E

Millikan

47N, 121E

Mills

9N, 156E

Milne

31S, 113E

Mineur

25N, 162W

Minkowski

56S, 145W

Minnaert

67S, 179E

Mitra

18N, 155W

Möbius

16N, 101E

Mohorovicic

19S, 165W

Moiseev

9N, 103E


from p. 211


Montgolfier

47N, 160W

Moore

37N, 178W

Morozov

5N, 127E

Morse

22N, 175W

Moseley

21N, 90W

Moulton

61S, 97E

Nagaoka

20N, 154E

Nansen

81 N, 93E

Nassau

25S, 177E

Nernst

36N, 94W

Neujmin

27S, 125E

Nicholson

26S, 85W

Nielsen

32N, 52W

Niepce

72N, 120W

Nijland

33N, 134E

Nikolaev

35N, 151E

Nishina

45S, 171W

Nobel

15N, 101 W

Nother

66N, 114W

Numerov

71S, 161W

Nunn

4N, 91E

Nusl

32N, 167E

Obruchev

39S, 162E

O'Day

31S, 157E

Ohm

18N, 114W

Olcott

20N, 117E

Omar Khayyam

58N, 102W

Oppenheimer

35S, 166W

Oresme

435, 169E

Orlov

26S, 175W

Ostwald

11 N, 122E

Paneth

63N, 95W

Pannekoek

4S, 140E

Papaleksi

10N, 164E

Paracelsus

23S, 163E

Paraskevopoulos

50N, 150W

Parenago

26N, 109W

Parkhurst

34S, 103E

Parsons

37N, 171W

Pascal

74N, 70W

Paschen

14S, 141 W

Pasteur

12S, 105E

Patsaev

17S, 133E

Pauli

45S, 136E

Pavlov

29S, 142E

Pawsey

44N, 145E

Peary

89N, 30E

Pease

13N, 106W

Peek

3N, 87E

Perel'man

24S, 106E

Perepelkin

10S, 128E

Perkin

47N, 176W

Perrine

42N, 129W

Petrie

45N, 108E

Petropavlovskij

37N, 115W

Petrov

61 S, 88E

Pettit

28S, 86W

Petzval

63S, 113W



Pirquet

20S, 140E

Pizzetti

35S, 119E

Planck

58S, 135E

Plaskett

82N, 175E

Plummer

25S, 155W

Pogson

42S, 111E

Poincaré

57S, 161E

Poinsot

79N, 145W

Polzunov

26N, 115E

Poncelet

76N, 54W

Popov

17N, 99E

Porter

56S, IOW

Poynting

17N, 133W

Prager

4S, 131 E

Prandtl

60S, 141E

Priestley

57S, 108E

Purkyne

1S, 95E

Quételet

43N, 135W

Racah

14S, 180

Raimond

14N, 159W

Ramsay

40S, 145E

Rayet

45N, 114E

Rayleigh

29N, 90E

Razumov

39N, I14W

Ricco

75N, 177E

Riedel

49S, 140W

Riemann

40N, 88E

Rittenhouse

74S, 107E

Ritz

15S, 92E

Roberts

71 N, 175W

Robertson

22N, 105W

Roche

42S, 135E

Röntgen

33N, 92W

Rowland

57N, 163W

Rozhdestvenskij

86N, 155W

Rumford

29S, 170W

Runge

2S, 87E

Russell

27N, 75W

Rydberg

47S, 96W

Rynin

47N, 104W

Saenger

4N, 102E

Safarik

10N, 177E

Saha

2S, 103E

St. John

10N, 150E

Sanford

32N, 139W

Sarabhai

25N, 21E

Sarton

49N, 121 W

Scaliger

27S, 109E

Schaeberle

26S, 117F

Schjellerup

69N, 157E

Schlesinger

47N, 138W

Schliemann

2S, 155E

Schlüter

6S, 83W

Schneller

42N, 164W

Schönfeld

45N, 98W

Schorr

79S, 90E

Schrödinger

75S, 133E

Schuster

4N, 147E


from p. 212


Schwarzschild

71N, 120E

Scott

82S, 45E

Seares

74N, 145E

Sechenov

7S, 143W

Segers

47N, 128E

Seidel

33S, 152E

Seyfert

29N, 114E

Shajn

33N, 172E

Shaler

33S, 85W

Shapley

10N, 57E

Sharonov

13N, 173E

Shatalov

24N, 140E

Shi Shen

76N, 104E

Shternberg

19N, 117W

Siedentopf

22N, 135E

Sierpinski

27S, 155E

Sisakyan

41 N, 109E

Sklodowska

18S, 96E

Slipher

50N, 160E

Smoluchowski

60N, 97W

Sniadecki

22S, 169W

Sommerfeld

65N, 161W

Spencer Jones

13N, 166E

Spiru Haret

59S, 176W

Spurr

26N, 3W

Stark

25S, 134E

Stebbins

65N, 143W

Stefan

46N, 109W

Stein

7N, 179E

Steklov

37S, 105W

Steno

33N, 162E

Stetson

40S, 119W

Stokes

52N, 88W

Stoletov

45N, 155W

Stoney

56S, 156W

Störmer

57N, 145E

Stratton

6S, 165E

Strömgren

22S, 133W

Struve

23N, 76W

Subbotin

29S, 135E

Sumner

37N, 109E

Sundman

1 IN, 91W

Swann

52N, 112E

Sylvester

83N, 80W

Szilard

34N, 106E

Tachinni

SN, 86E

Tebbutt

9N, 53E

Teisserenc

32N, 136W

Ten Bruggencate

9S, 134E

Tereshkova

28N, 144E

Tesla

38N, 125E

Theophrastos

17N, 39E

Thiel

40N, 134W

Thiessen

75N, 169W

Thomson

33S, 166E

Tikhomirov

25N, 162E

Tikhov

62N, 172E

Tiling

52S, 132W



Timiryazev

5S, 147W

Titius

27S, 101E

Titov

29N, 150E

Trumpler

28N, 168E

Tsander

5N, 149W

Tseraskij

49S, 141E

Tsinger

57N, 176E

Tsiolkovskij

20S, 129E

Tsu Chung-Chi

17N, 144E

Tyndall

35S, 117E

Väisälä

26N, 48W

Valier

7N, 174E

Van de Graaff

27S, 172E

Van den Bergh

31N, 159W

Van der Waals

44S, 119E

Van Gent

16N, 160E

Van Maanen

36N, 127E

Van Rhijn

53N, 145E

Van't Hoff

62N, 132W

Van Wijk

63S, 119E

Vashakidze

44N, 93E

Vavilov

1S, 139W

Vening Meinesz

0, 163E

Ventris

5S, 158E

Vernadskij

23N, 130E

Very

26N, 25E

Vesalius

3S, 115E

Vestine

34N, 94E

Vetchinkin

10N, 131E

Vil'ev

6S, 144E

Volkov

13S, 131E

Volta

54N, 85W

Volterra

57N, 131E

Von der Pahlen

25S, 133W

Von Kármán

45S, 176E

Von Neumann

40N, 153E

Von Zeipel

42N, 142W

Voskreseuskij

28N, 88W

Walker

26S, 162W

Wan-Hoo

11S, 139W

Waterman

26S, 128E

Watson

63S, 124W

Watts

9N, 46E

Weber

50N, 124W

Wegener

45N, 114W

Wells

41N, 122E

Wexler

695, 90E

Weyl

16N, 120W

White

45S, 160W

Widmannstätten

6S, 85E

Wiechert

84S, 165E

Wiener

41N, 146E

Wilsing

22S, 155W

Winkler

42N, 179W

Winlock

35N, 106W

Woltjer

45N, 160W

Wood

44N, 121 W

Wright

32S, 86W


from p. 213


Wyld

1S, 98E

Yablochkov

61N, 127E

Yamamoto

59N, 161E

Yangel'

17N, 5E

Zanstra

3N, 124E

Zeeman

75S, 135W


Zelinskij

29S, 167E

Zernike

18N, 168E

Zhiritskij

25S, 120E

Zhukovskij

8N, 167W

Zinner

27N, 59W

Zsigmondy

59N, 105W



Table 2: List of Reference Points on the Moon


No.
Name
Xi
Eta
Zeta
1
W. Bond B
+0.055
+0.906
+0.420
2
Rhaeticus A
.091
.030
.995
3
Egede A
.113
.782
.611
4
Sulpicius Gallus
.191
.336
.924
5
Cayley
.260
.069
.963
6
Bessel
.286
.370
.883
7
Luther
.342
.547
.864
8
Dawes
.424
.296
.85G
9
Hercules G
.435
.723
.537
10
Maury
.510
.604
.614
11
Sina
.518
.153
.842
12
Berzelius F
.605
.542
.583
13
Tralles B
.688
.458
.564
14
Taruntius A
.758
.126
.640
15
Picard
.789
.251
.557
16
Bode A
-0.020
+0.156
+0.989
17
Archimedes A
.098
.470
.877
18
Pico B
.182
.724
.665
19
La Condamine Q
.246
.795
.555
20
Gambart A
.321
.017
.947
21
Carlini
.339
.555
.760
22
Draper C
.350
.293
.887
23
Sharp A
.456
.738
.495
24
Diophantus
.499
.463
.732
25
Brayley
.561
.356
.746
26
Kepler A
.584
.124
.802
27
Marius A
.701
.218
.679
28
Herodotus A
.734
.366
.572
29
Reiner A
.778
.089
.621
30
Galilaei A
.872
.203
.445
31
Mösting A
-0.090
-0.056
+0.994
32
Orontius D
.083
.634
.7G7
33
Alpetragius B
.115
.261
.958
34
Gauricus D
.162
.576
.822
35
Clavius J
.164
.847
.501
36
Guericke C
.196
.200
.959
37
Scheiner A
.232
.868
.439
38
Hesiodus B
.268
.456
.856
39
Fra Mauro A
.355
.095
.930
40
Epimenides A
.365
.685
.629


from p. 214


No.
Name
Xi
Eta
Zeta
41
Darney C
.425
.244
.872
42
Mee F
.435
.686
.584
43
Herigonius
.543
.231
.806
44
Drebbel D
.598
.615
.514
45
Wichmann
.610
.131
.781
46
Flamsteed A
.674
.137
.725
47
Billy D
.722
.255
.644
48
Vico C
.829
.352
.436
49
Damoiseau E
.847
.091
.524
50
Licetus H
+0.038
-0.718
+0.695
51
Airy A
.128
.293
.949
52
Jacobi B
.140
.813
.562
53
Hipparchus C
.142
.129
.981
54
Pontanus F
.178
.467
.866
55
Nicolai A
.296
.675
.676
56
Alfraganus C
.309
.106
.950
57
Pons B
.311
.481
.820
58
Janssen K
.466
.720
.512
59
Rosse
.545
.307
.780
60
Rheita P
.553
.615
.564
61
Isidorus D
.559
.074
.825
62
Reichenbach K
.598
.483
.645
63
Gaudibert J
.620
.193
.761
64
Biot
.718
.385
.580
65
Messier A.
.730
.035
.682
66
Langrenus C
.862
.098
.497
67
Bruce
+0.007
+ 0.020
+0.999
68
Hadley A
.104
.423
.901
69
Cassini M
.049
.660
.750
70
W. Bond C
.059
.910
.408
71
Aristillus A
.066
.553
.829
72
Hyginus D
.074
.198
.977
73
Hyginus B
.088
.132
.987
74
Egede B
.098
.771
.627
75
Sulpicius Gallus G
.104
.338
.935
76
Manilius D
.119
.229
.967
77
Aratus D
+0.136
+0.412
+0.899
78
Godin D
.144
.017
.989
79
Sulpicius Gallus A
.144
.375
.916
80
Linne B
.211
.507
.833
81
Menelaus A
.221
.293
.929
82
Silberschlag A
.227
.121
.965
83
Endows A
.240
.717
.654
84
Bessel E
.251
.336
.906
85
Linné E
.253
.447
.856
86
Aristoteles M
.272
.802
.529
87
Taquet
.315
.286
.905
88
Bessel A
.325
.418
.848
89
Deseilligny
.328
.360
.872
90
Tacquet C
.350
.233
.906
91
Arago B
.355
.060
.932


from p. 215


No.
Name
Xi
Eta
Zeta
92
Baily B
.362
.776
.513
93
Arago D
.378
.120
.915
94
Le Monnier C
.411
.380
.827
95
Posidonius A
.419
.525
.739
96
Hercules C
.425
.678
.600
97
Janssen G
.433
.162
.886
98
Janssen D
.458
.271
.845
99
Maskelyne K
.494
.056
.866
100
Römer L
.523
.395
.755
101
Maskelyne H
.532
.085
.842
102
Maraldi A
.556
.342
.757
103
Maraldi B
.580
.248
.775
104
Secchi B
.661
.064
.746
105
Picard X
.856
.227
.464
106
Marco Polo B
-0.031
+0.295
+ 0.955
107
Archimedes D
.040
.532
.844
108
Piazzi Smyth B
.045
.649
.758
109
Bode G
.061
.110
.992
110
Pico C
.078
.733
.675
111
Spitzberg C
.128
.542
.828
112
Pico D
.142
.687
.710
113
Eratosthenes B
.143
.321
.935
114
Schröter D
.165
.079
.984
115
Plato E
.180
.762
.621
116
Timocharis B
.186
.467
.864
117
Schröter M
-0.200
+0.121
+0.971
118
Gambart C
.208
.034
.978
119
Le Verrier E
.215
.673
.705
120
Stadius B
.230
.205
.951
121
Carlini D
.231
.544
.806
122
Timocharis A
.240
.419
.874
123
Helicon B
.286
.615
.734
124
Copernic H
.311
.120
.942
125
Laplace A
.326
.690
.642
126
La Hire A
.349
.477
.807
127
Pytheas A
.346
.349
.869
128
Reinhold F
.364
.059
.929
129
Heis D
.439
.524
.727
130
Tobias Mayer D
.440
.212
.872
131
Hortensius C
.446
.103
.888
132
Diophantus B
.469
.485
.736
133
Mairan E
.477
.612
.628
134
Euler E
.508
.417
.751
135
Brayley D
.509
.342
.788
136
Landsberg A
.516
.003
.856
137
Angström
.575
.498
.647
138
Encke E
.644
.006
.763
139
Bessarion C
.650
.276
.707
140
Aristarchus C
.650
.469
.596
141
Schiaparelli A
.813
.390
.432
142
Alphonsus H
-0.008
-0.269
+0.962


from p. 216

No.
Name
Xi
Eta
Zeta
143
Herschel C
.055
.087
.995
144
Thebit E
.074
.392
.916
145
Hell E
.088
.567
.819
146
Regiomontanus E
.095
.473
.875
147
Maginus Y
.098
.786
.610
148
Palisa P
.126
.168
.978
149
Mosting B
.128
.047
.989
150
Lassell E
.168
.312
.934
151
Lippershey T
.174
.426
.886
152
Gauricus N
.186
.536
.823
153
Tycho H
.192
.710
.677
154
Turner F
.243
.028
.969
155
Longomontanus R
.269
.792
.547
156
Cichus K
.274
.596
.754
157
Gould A
.276
.329
.902
158
Opelt K
.285
.235
.929
159
Kies D
.288
.421
.859
160
Guericke A
.291
.193
.936
161
Cichus H
.321
.541
.777
162
Darney J
-0.353
-0.248
+0.902
163
Bonpland E
.379
.169
.910
164
Marth
.419
.517
.746
165
Darney E
.418
.215
.882
166
Euclides D
.428
.163
.888
167
Ramsden A
.434
.551
.712
168
Landsberg B
.470
.043
.882
169
Hippalus A
.495
.402
.770
170
Vittelo E
.510
.487
.707
171
Hérigonius E
.565
.238
.787
172
Gassendi Y
.580
.356
.731
173
Gassendi L
.623
.348
.698
174
Gassendi F
.682
.259
.683
175
Flarnsteed D
.704
.055
.706
176
De Gasparis B
.707
.454
.542
177
Parrot L
+0.015
-0.310
+0.051
178
Zach 3
.044
.842
.537
179
Seeliger
.053
.039
.998
180
Albategnius C
.064
.179
.982
181
Aliacensis G
.069
.550
.833
182
Blanchinus K
.080
.419
.904
183
Pickering B
.129
.037
.991
184
Airy P
.140
.275
.951
185
Gemma Frisius K
.151
.608
.779
186
Ritchey C
.157
.190
.969
187
Mutus K
.195
.846
.495
188
-
.196
.701
.683
189
Geber E
.210
.351
.912
190
Dollond D
.215
.143
.966
191
Abulfeda R
.219
.221
.950
192
Buch B
+0.230
-0.614
+0.755
193
Hommel M
.232
.864
.445


from p. 217


No.
Name
Xi
Eta
Zeta
194
Barocius E C
.255
.745
.615
195
Zagut F
.260
.505
.824
196
Theon Senior A
.266
.003
.964
197
Hommel H A
+ 0.313
-0.788
+0.529
198
Fermat E
.320
.341
.885
199
Zagyt S
.322
.551
.772
200
Tacitus C
.329
.236
.916
201
Alfraganus D
.343
.070
.936
202
Polybius D
.418
.452
.788
203
Cyrillus G
.432
.270
.8G0
204
Polybius L
.438
.374
.817
205
Watt A
.462
.769
.440
206
Neander Y
.509
.568
.G47
207
Rheita P
.553
.615
.562
208
Bohnenberger G
.616
.295
.730
209
Lubbock G
.632
.064
.772
210
Messier D
.722
.062
.687
211
Holden V
.838
.317
.442


The craters 1-66 have a diameter larger than 8 km, while the rest are smaller.