KUON GEO

The Moon, named after Persian

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

FEATURES · 10

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Al-Birunicrater80.4 kmAbū ar-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Birūnī; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048).
Avicennacrater73 kmAbu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdallah; Persian doctor (980-1037).
Omar Khayyamcrater68.6 kmAl-Khayyāmī; Persian mathematician, astronomer, poet (c. 1048-c. 1131).
Abul Wáfacrater54.2 kmAbū al-Wafā al-Būzajāni; Persian mathematician, astronomer (940-998).
Nasireddincrater52 kmNasir-Al-Din (Mohammed Ibn Hassan); Persian astronomer (1201-1274).
Almanoncrater47.8 kmAbdalla Al Mamun; Persian astronomer (786-833).
Azophicrater47.5 kmAl-Sufi, Abderrahman; Persian astronomer (903-986).
Alfraganuscrater20.5 kmAl-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbās Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathīr; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840).
Mons Ardeshirmons7.1 kmPersian male name.
Sorayacrater1.9 kmPersian female 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