KUON GEO

The Moon, named after Denmark

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

FEATURES · 20

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Hertzsprungcrater536.4 kmEjnar; Danish astronomer (1873-1967).
Longomontanuscrater145.5 kmChristian Sorensen; Danish astronomer, mathematician (1562-1647).
Rimae Römerrille112 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Vallis Bohrvalley95.3 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Tychocrater85.3 kmTycho Brahe; Danish astronomer (1546-1601).
Sasseridescrater81.7 kmSasceride, Gellio; Danish astronomer, doctor (1562-1612).
Finsencrater73 kmNiels Ryberg; Danish phototherapist; Nobel laureate (1860-1904).
Bohrcrater70.1 kmNiels Henrik David; Danish physicist; Nobel laureate (1885-1962).
Schjellerupcrater62.8 kmHans Carl; Danish astronomer (1827-1887).
Strömgrencrater62.2 kmElis; Danish astronomer (1870-1947).
Lauritsencrater51.2 kmCharles Christian; Danish-American physicist (1892-1968).
Römercrater43.7 kmOle; Danish astronomer (1644-1710).
Oerstedcrater42.3 kmHans Christian; Danish physicist, chemist (1777-1851).
Hansencrater41.2 kmPeter Andreas; Danish astronomer (1795-1874).
Egedecrater34.2 kmHans; Danish natural historian (1686-1758).
Stenocrater32.3 kmNicolaus; Danish doctor (1638-1686).
Horrebowcrater25 kmPeder; Danish astronomer (1679-1764).
Möstingcrater24.4 kmJohan Sigismund von; Danish benefactor (1759-1843).
Fibigercrater21.1 kmJoahnnes Andreas Grib; Danish pathologist, Nobel Prize winner 1926 (1867-1928).
Kroghcrater19.2 kmSchack August Steenberg; Danish zoologist, physiologist; Nobel laureate (1874-1949).
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