The Moon, named after Romania (Rumania)

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

FEATURES · 4

NAME	TYPE	SIZE	WHY THAT NAME
Montes Carpatus	mons	333.6 km	Named from terrestrial Carpathians.
Vallis Capella	valley	106.3 km	Named from nearby crater.
Capella	crater	48.1 km	Martianus; Roman astronomer (c. A.D. 400-unkn).
Haret	crater	29.8 km	Spiru; Rumanian astronomer (1851-1912).

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