KUON GEO

The Moon, named after Egypt

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

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Harkhebicrater337.1 kmEgyptian astronomer (c. 300 B.C.).
Rimae Hypatiarille200 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Cyrilluscrater98.1 kmSaint Cyril; Egyptian theologian, chronologist (unkn-A.D. 444).
Dorsum Higazydorsum63.1 kmRiad Abdel-Megid; Egyptian Earth scientist (1919-1967).
Ibn Yunuscrater59.7 kmAbul al-Hasan ben Ahmad; Egyptian astronomer (950-1009).
Hypatiacrater38.8 kmHypatia of Alexandria; Egyptian mathematician and philosopher (c. 370-415).
Nechocrater36.9 kmEgyptian ruler (fl. 6th-7th century B.C.).
Ctesibiuscrater32.1 kmEgyptian physicist (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).
Heron (Hero)crater28.1 kmEgyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).
Osiriscrater1 kmEgyptian male first name.
Isiscrater0.6 kmEgyptian female first name.
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