Ancient Greeks on the Moon

Apollo Belvedere on an Apollo 17 mission patch of the last and most successful mission to the Moon in December 1972

Craters on the moon named after ancient Greeks. The area of these craters combined is larger than that of the area of Modern Greece!!

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PHILOLAUS crater 70 km diameter 3400 mt height walls 72.1N – 32.4W North west lunar field Philolaus of Croton (c. 470 - c. 385) BC Mathematician, Astronomer	v
PLATO crater 109 km diameter 2000 mt height walls 51.6N – 9.4W Northern of Imbrium sea to west of the Alpes mounts (428-347)BC, Philosopher Information	http://thierrylambert.free.fr/lune/formations/platon.html
POSIDONIUS crater 95 km diameter 1800 mt height walls 31.8N – 29.9E East lunar field, on east margin of the Serenitatis sea Posidonius of Apamea (?135-?51)BC Geographer
PROCLUS crater 16.1N – 46.8E 28 km diameter Proclus Diadochus (410-485)AD Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher
PROTAGORAS crater 21 km diameter 2100 mt height walls 56.0N – 7.3E Northern margin of the Frigoris sea Philosopher (?481-?411) BC Information
PTOLEMAEUS crater 9.3S – 1.9W 164 km diameter Ptolemy (87-158)AD Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer
PYTHAGORAS crater 142 km diameter 4800 mt height walls 63.5N – 63.0W North west lunar field, on the lunar far edge (?-532)BC Mathematician, Philisopher Information	http://thierrylambert.free.fr/lune/formations/pythagoras.html
PYTHEAS crater 20 km diameter 2400 mt height walls 20.5N – 20.6W Southern region of the Imbrium sea Pytheas of Marseilles (c. 380- c.310) BC Information

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