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=Discontinued lunar nomenclature of Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598-1671)=
 (mentioned in Appendix G of E.A.Whitaker's book ''Mapping and Naming the Moon'').<br /> <br />  An enthusiast's exploration and investigation of biographies in Wikipedia, to learn and to know more about Riccioli's discontinued names.<br />  See also page 61 in Whitaker's book (Riccioli's nomenclature on Grimaldi's map), or: [http://www.lindahall.org/events_exhib/exhibit/exhibits/moon/p7x.html Grimaldi's map in the Linda Hall Online Moon and Lunar Map Exhibitions].<br />  Additional research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> '''- Alcuinus''' (Lubbock N, Van Langren's '''Neperi''').<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcuin Alcuin of York] (735-804), English scholar, ecclesiastic, poet, and teacher from York, Northumbria.<br /> '''- Arzet''' (probably Zach, Van Langren's '''Nuti''').<br />  This name was not printed on Grimaldi's map, the origin (and explanation) of the name '''Arzet''' remains unknown, or... perhaps... it might be related to [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abt_Augustinus_Arzet_Schussenried.jpg Augustinus Arzet Schussenried], see German Wikipedia page [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_%C3%84bte_von_Schussenried Liste der Abte von Schussenried].<br /> '''- Bartolus''' (Bailly B, Wilkins's '''Hare''').<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolus_de_Saxoferrato Bartolus de Saxoferrato] (1313-1357), Italian law professor.<br />  Now, Gregory Woods explored and investigated the name '''Bartolus''' and detected a very interesting Wikipedia-page''':'''<br />  This is the Jesuit student astronomer '''Daniello Bartoli''' who first saw the cloud belts on Jupiter with Zucchi, 17 May 1630 according to Riccioli.<br /> <span class="Object">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniello_Bartoli</span><br />  Thanks Gregory!!! <span class="membersnap">- DannyCaes <small>Jan 27, 2017</small></span><br /> '''- Beda''' (Censorinus N, Van Langren's '''Golii''').<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bede Beda Venerabilis] (672/673-735), English monk at the Northumbrian monastery.<br /> '''- Claramontius''' (a darkish area southeast of Fabricius, Metius, and Rheita) (could it have been Mare Australe?).<br />  This name was already used by Langrenus ('''Claramontii''').<br />  Possibly Scipio Claramontius (or: Scipione Chiaramonti, 1565-1652), Italian astronomer and philosopher, author of ''Antitycho'' (1621).<br /> '''- Dantes''' (Gambart C, Lamech's '''Moreux''').<br />  Is Riccioli's discontinued name '''''Dantes''''' perhaps related to the name of the farside crater which is officially known as [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Dante Dante]?<br /> '''- Deriennes''' (Letronne A bright spot). This name was already used by Langrenus ('''Derienni''').<br />  Possibly Jean Deriennes (1591-1662), French professor of philosophy and mathematics.<br /> '''- Dionysius Exiguus''' (Censorinus C).<br /> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionysius_Exiguus Dennis the Small, the Dwarf, the Little, the Short, the Humble] (470-544), 6th-century monk.<br /> '''- Dominicus Maria''' (a dark area, east of Copernicus).<br />  Possibly Dominicus (Domenico Maria) Ferrabosco (1513-1574), Italian musician and composer.<br /> '''- Ecphantus''' (Gruithuisen Gamma and Delta).<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecphantus_the_Pythagorean Ecphantus the Pythagorean], Greek pre-Socratic philosopher.<br /> '''- Eustachius''' (Sirsalis Z).<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo_Eustachi Bartolomeo Eustachi] (Eustachius, 1500/1514-1574), one of the founders of the science of human anatomy.<br /> '''- Goris''' (near Petavius and Vendelinus).<br />  This is part of the name '''Terra Vigoris''', printed along the east-southeastern lunar limb in Grimaldi's map, as: '''Terra Vi goris'''.<br />  It is also seen as "'''''Goris'''''" on the lunar map made by J.Keill, see Figure 57 on page 89 of Whitaker's book.<br /> '''- Hermes''' (a dark area, between Atlas and Lacus Spei).<br />  See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermes Hermes], Olympian God.<br /> '''- Iunctinus''' (Fra Mauro Sigma).<br />  Possibly [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Giuntini Francesco Giuntini]/ Franciscus Junctinus (1523-1590), French theologian.<br /> '''- Kristmannus''' (Lacus Excellentiae).<br />  Nothing about '''Kristmannus''' on Wikipedia. Printed as '''Kristmanus''' on Grimaldi's map (one ''''n'''').<br /> '''- Linemannus''' (Flamsteed Kappa, etc...).<br />  Possibly Albertus Linemannus (1603-1653), German mathematician and astronomer. (see German Wikipedia page [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_Linemann Albrecht Linemann]).<br />  One of Hevelius's thirteen preliminary names seems to have been '''Desertum Linnemanni''' (see page 54 in Whitaker's book).<br /> '''- Moletius''' (Fra Mauro Lambda).<br />  Possibly Joseph (or Josephus) Moletius, mathematician and geographer (no Wikipedia page detected).<br /> '''- Morinus''' (a bright area, near or at the northeastern "rim" of Mare Humorum).<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Morin_(mathematician) Jean-Baptiste Morin] (1583-1656), French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer.<br /> '''- Mulerius''' (Metius).<br />  Possibly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Mulerius Nicolaus Mulerius] (Nicolaas Des Muliers, 1564-1630), Belgian-Dutch professor of medicine and mathematics.<br /> '''- Munosius''' (Wolf).<br />  Possibly Hieronymus Munosius, an astronomer related to Tycho's supernova (no Wikipedia page detected).<br /> '''- Origanus''' (Darney Tau + Chi bright spot).<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Origanus David Origanus] (David Tost, 1558-1628/29), German astronomer and professor of Greek language and mathematics.<br /> '''- Osymandies''' (Mercurius).<br />  Possibly related to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II Ramesses II], the third Egyptian pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty, also known as Ozymandias.<br /> '''- Profatius''' (Nicollet B bright spot).<br />  Possibly [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_ben_Machir_ibn_Tibbon Jacob ben Machir ibn Tibbon] (Don Profiat Tibbon/ Prophatius/ Profatius Judaeus, circa 1236- circa 1304), astronomer and physician.<br /> '''- Zoroaster''' (Mare Humboldtianum).<br />  See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroaster Zoroaster] (also known as Zarathustra), Persian prophet and founder of Zoroastrianism.<br /> <br /> 
==Well-known names from Riccioli, slightly moved by the IAU to other (nearby) locations, and replaced by other names from other selenographers, or from Riccioli himself...==
'''- Alfraganus''' (IAU: '''Zollner''')<br /> '''- Anaxagoras''' (IAU: '''Goldschmidt''')<br /> '''- Anaximander''' (IAU: '''Carpenter''')<br /> '''- Anaximenes''' (IAU: '''Pascal''')<br /> '''- Aratus''' (IAU: the 'bay' of '''Mons Hadley''')<br /> '''- Archytas''' (IAU: '''Egede A''')<br /> '''- Ariadaeus''' (IAU: '''Dionysius''')<br /> '''- Bayer''' (IAU: '''Schiller''')<br /> '''- Berosus''' (IAU: '''Hahn''')<br /> '''- Cabeus''' (IAU: '''Newton''')<br /> '''- Calippus''' (IAU: '''Alexander''')<br /> '''- Capuanus''' (IAU: '''Ramsden''')<br /> '''- Cepheus''' (IAU: '''Franklin''')<br /> '''- Cichus''' (IAU: '''Capuanus''')<br /> '''- Conon''' (IAU: the 'bay' SW of '''Mons Bradley''')<br /> '''- Cusanus''' (IAU: '''Tobias Mayer Alpha''')<br /> '''- Dionysius''' (IAU: '''Delambre''')<br /> '''- Fernelius''' (IAU: '''Nonius''')<br /> '''- Fontana''' (IAU: '''Zupus''')<br /> '''- Galilaei''' (IAU: '''Reiner Gamma''')<br /> '''- Hagecius''' (IAU: '''Hommel''')<br /> '''- Hainzel''' (IAU: '''Mee''')<br /> '''- Herigonius''' (IAU: '''Herigonius Delta''')<br /> '''- Hommel''' (IAU: '''Pitiscus''')<br /> '''- Hyginus''' (IAU: a dark spot nearby) (Whitaker doesn't mention where exactly)<br /> '''- Julius Caesar''' (IAU: '''Boscovich''')<br /> '''- Licetus''' (IAU: '''Cuvier''')<br /> '''- Lilius''' (IAU: '''Lilius''' + '''Jacobi''' + '''A''')<br /> '''- Malapert''' (IAU: '''Simpelius B''')<br /> '''- Manzinus''' (IAU: '''Boguslawsky''')<br /> '''- Metius''' (IAU: '''Brenner''')<br /> '''- Mercurius''' (IAU: '''Lacus Spei''')<br /> '''- Milichius''' (IAU: '''Milichius Alpha''')<br /> '''- Mutus''' (IAU: '''Boussingault B''' and '''E''')<br /> '''- Nonius''' (IAU: '''Kaiser''')<br /> '''- Phocylides''' (IAU: '''Phocylides''' + '''Nasmyth''')<br /> '''- Pitiscus''' (IAU: '''Vlacq''')<br /> '''- Rhaeticus''' (IAU: dark area nearby) (Whitaker doesn't mention where exactly)<br /> '''- Rocca''' (IAU: part of '''Lacus Aestatis''')<br /> '''- Rothmann''' (IAU: '''Lacus Timoris''')<br /> '''- Sasserides''' (IAU: '''Ball C''')<br /> '''- Schiller''' (IAU: '''''Schiller basin dark area''''') (I have to investigate this)<br /> '''- Snellius''' (IAU: '''Stevinus''')<br /> '''- Sosigenes''' (IAU: '''Julius Caesar''')<br /> '''- Stadius''' (IAU: dark area nearby) (Whitaker doesn't mention where exactly)<br /> '''- Stevinus''' (IAU: '''Snellius''')<br /> '''- Sulpicius Gallus''' (IAU: '''Sulpicius Gallus M''' bright spot)<br /> '''- Tannerus''' (IAU: '''Manzinus''')<br /> '''- Thales''' (IAU: '''Strabo''')<br /> '''- Theaetetus''' (IAU: the 'bay' at '''Calippus Omega''')<br /> '''- Theon Junior''' (IAU: '''Taylor''')<br /> '''- Theon Senior''' (IAU: '''Taylor A''')<br /> '''- Timaeus''' (IAU: '''Plato Psi''', etc...)<br /> '''- Vieta''' (IAU: '''Vieta A''', '''B''', and '''Fourier''')<br /> '''- Vitruvius''' (IAU: '''Dawes''')<br /> <br /> 
==Terra==
'''Terra Caloris''' (Land of Heat).<br /> '''Terra Fertilitatis''' (Land of Fertility).<br /> '''Terra Grandinis''' (Land of Hail).<br /> '''Terra Mannae''' (Land of Manna).<br /> '''Terra Nivium''' (Land of Snows).<br /> '''Terra Pruinae''' (Land of Frost).<br /> '''Terra Sanitatis''' (Land of Healthiness).<br /> '''Terra Siccitatis''' (Land of Dryness).<br /> '''Terra Sterilitatis''' (Land of Sterility).<br /> '''Terra Vigoris''' (Land of Vigour).<br /> '''Terra Vitae''' (Land of Life).<br />  See also the page [http://the-moon.us/wiki/Terra Terra].<br /> <br /> 
==Palus==
'''Palus Nebularum''' (Marsh of Fogs).<br /> '''Palus Nimborum''' (Marsh of Rain clouds).<br /> <br /> 
==Peninsula==
'''Peninsula Deliriorum''' (Peninsula of Insanities).<br /> '''Peninsula Fulgurum''' (Peninsula of Lightning).<br /> '''Peninsula Fulminum''' (Peninsula of Thunder).<br /> <br /> 
==Insula==
'''Insula Ventorum''' (Island of Winds).<br /> <br /> 
==Littus==
'''Littus Eclipticum''' (Ecliptic Shore).<br /> <br /> 
==Stagnum==
'''Stagnum Glaciei''' (Swamp of Ice). </div>