Ancient Greeks on the Moon

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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!!

SAPPHO crater
25.0S – 133.2E

Poetess (c. 600 BC)

SOPHOCLES crater
21.5S – 119.8E

(495-406 BC)

SOSIGENES crater
8.7N – 17.6E
17
km diameter
(?-46 BC) Astronomer

STRABO crater
61.9N – 54.3E
55
km diameter
(54BC-24 AD) Geographer

Information

THALES crater
31
km diameter
1770 mt height walls
59°N - 41°E
North east lunar field between De La Rue and Gartner craters, next to Strabo Crater

(636-546)BC, Philosopher, Mathematician

THEAETETUS crater
24 km diameter
2350 mt height walls
37.0N - 6°E
East of Imbrium sea between Cassini crater and SW of Caucasus mounts

(?-380 BC) Mathematician

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THEON JUNIOR crater
2.3S – 15.8E
17 km diameter
Theon of Alexandria (?-380) AD, Astronomer

THEON SENIOR crater
0.8S – 15.4E
18 km diameter
Theon of Smyrna (?-100) AD, Mathematician


THEOPHILUS crater
11.4S – 26.4E
110 km diameter
(?-412) AD, Astronomer

THEOPHRASTUS crater
17.5N – 39.0E
9 km diameter
(372-287) BC, Botanist, Natural Historian

Information

TIMAEUS crater
62.8N – 0.5W
32 km diameter

Names after Timaeus of Locri a friend of Plato

TIMOCHARIS crater
26.7N – 13.1W
33 km diameter
(c. 280) BC, Astronomer

Info

XENOPHANES crater
125 km diameter
3150 mt height walls
57.5N – 82.0W
North west lunar far edge

Xenophanes of Colophon (570?-478?) BC Philosopher

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XENOPHON crater
22.8S – 112.1E
25 km diameter
(c. 430-354) BC, Historian, Natural Philosopher


ZENO crater
45.2N – 72.9E
65 km diameter
Zeno of Elea

Greek Mythology related

Atlas Crater


Daedalus Crater

See Icarus Crater below

Endymion Crater

Hercules Crater

Icarus Crater

Virtual Moon Atlas An Atlas of the Moon with information of Craters (plus a high resolution photographic texture from the Clementine probe)

Asteroids and Minor Planets, some with ancient Greek names

Index

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