The Moon, named after Israel

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

FEATURES · 3

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Racah	crater	71.9 km	Giulio; Italian-Israeli physicist (1909-1965).
Katchalsky	crater	32.3 km	Katzir-Katchalsky, Aharon; Polish-Israeli chemist (1914-1972).
Ramon	crater	17.2 km	Ilan; Israeli astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist (1954-2003).

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