The Moon, named after Mexico

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

FEATURES · 2

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Erro	crater	63.8 km	Luis Enrique; Mexican astronomer (1897-1955).
Carrillo	crater	17.9 km	Flores Nabor; Mexican soil engineer (1911-1967).

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