The Moon, named after Canada

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

FEATURES · 11

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Plaskett	crater	114.3 km	John Stanley; Canadian astronomer (1865-1941).
Beals	crater	52.6 km	Carlyle Smith; Canadian astronomer (1899-1979).
McKellar	crater	50.2 km	Andrew; Canadian astronomer (1910-1960).
Newcomb	crater	39.8 km	Simon; Canadian-American astronomer (1835-1909).
Foster	crater	37 km	John Stuart; Canadian physicist (1890-1964).
Chant	crater	33.6 km	Clarence Augustus; Canadian astronomer, physicist (1865-1956).
Petrie	crater	32.9 km	Robert Methven; Scottish-born Canadian astrophysicist (1906-1966).
Brill	crater	17 km	Yvonne; Canadian-American rocket scientist (1924-2013).
Daly	crater	15 km	Reginald Aldworth; Canadian-born American geologist (1871-1957).
Avery	crater	10.7 km	Oswald Theodore; Canadian doctor (1877-1955).
Banting	crater	5.2 km	Sir Frederick Grant; Canadian doctor; Nobel laureate (1891-1941).

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