KUON GEOEvery named place on the Moon
2,023 features carry an official name, and for every one of them the International Astronomical Union wrote down why. Most are named after people who studied the sky. 7,003 smaller craters share those names with a letter added; they are listed on the page of the name they belong to.
月には2,023件の地名があり、その一つ一つに理由が記録されています。多くは空を見た人の名前です。
JAPANESE NAMES · 日本にちなむ地名 · 13
Hirayama Kiyotsugu; Japanese astronomer (1874-1943); Shin; Japanese astronomer 145.2 km Yamamoto Issei; Japanese astronomer (1889-1959).77.5 km Nishina Yoshio; Japanese physicist (1890-1951).62.1 km Nagaoka Hantaro; Japanese physicist (1865-1940).50.5 km Murakami Harutaro; Japanese physicist, astronomer (1872-1947).44.5 km Naonobu Ajima; Japanese mathematician (c. 1732-1798).33 km Hatanaka Takeo; Japanese astronomer (1914-1963).30.2 km Kimura Hisashi; Japanese astronomer (1870-1943).27.4 km Asada Goryu; Japanese astronomer (1734-1799).12.4 km Taizo Japanese male name.8.2 km Yoshi Japanese male name.0.5 km Shioli Japanese female first name.0.3 km
BY WHERE THE NAME CAME FROM · 由来の国と文化 · 44
DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA