KUON GEO

The Moon, named after Poland

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

FEATURES · 19

NAMETYPESIZEWHY THAT NAME
Poczobuttcrater212.4 kmMartin Odlanicky; Polish astronomer (1728-1810).
Rimae Heveliusrille180 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Sklodowskacrater125.6 kmMarie (Madame Curie); Polish physicist, chemist, Nobel laureate (1867-1934).
Heveliuscrater113.9 kmHowelcke, Johann; Polish astronomer (1611-1687).
Banachiewiczcrater99.1 kmTadeusz; Polish astronomer, mathematician (1882-1954).
Copernicuscrater96.1 kmNicholas; Polish astronomer (1473-1543).
Smoluchowskicrater84.3 kmMarian; Polish physicist (1872-1917).
Catena Dziewulskicatena80.7 kmNamed from nearby crater.
Dziewulskicrater68.9 kmWladyslaw; Polish astronomer (1878-1962).
Sierpinskicrater66.9 kmWaclaw; Polish mathematician (1882-1969).
Gadomskicrater65.7 kmJan; Polish astronomer (1889-1966).
Lubiniezkycrater43 kmStanislaus; Polish astronomer (1623-1675).
Vitellocrater42.5 kmWitelo, Erazmus Ciokek; Polish physicist, mathematician (1210-1285).
Sniadeckicrater41.1 kmJan; Polish astronomer, mathematician (1756-1830).
Kepínskicrater31.7 kmFelicjan; Polish astronomer (1885-1966).
Armińskicrater26.8 kmFranciszek; Polish astronomer (1789-1848). (Spelling changed from Armínski.)
Wróblewskicrater21.8 kmSigmund von; Polish physicist (1845-1888).
Kaspercrater12.4 kmPolish male name.
Wapowskicrater11.5 kmBernard; Polish cartographer, the "Father of Polish Cartography" (1450-1535).
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