The Moon, named after Argentina

5 named features. The International Astronomical Union records why each name was chosen, and those reasons are printed below exactly as they were approved.

FEATURES · 5

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Dawson	crater	44.3 km	Bernhard Hildebrandt; Argentinean astronomer (1890-1960).
Bobone	crater	32.1 km	Jorge; Argentinean astronomer (1901-1958).
Houssay	crater	31.4 km	Bernardo Alberto; Argentinean physiologist, Nobel Prize winner 1947 (1887-1971).
Segers	crater	17.3 km	Carlos; Argentinean astronomer (1900-1967).
Ameghino	crater	9.2 km	Fiorino (or Florentino); Argentine paleontologist and anthropologist (1854-1911).

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA