|
Latin Name
|
Lat
|
Long
|
Diam
|
Origin
|
MacLaurin |
1.9S |
68.0E |
50 |
Colin; Scottish mathematician (1698-1746). |
MacLear |
10.5N |
20.1E |
20 |
Thomas; Irish astronomer (1794-1879). |
MacMillan |
24.2N |
7.8W |
7 |
"William Duncan; American mathematician,
astronomer (1871-1948)." |
Mach |
18.5N |
149.3W |
180 |
"Ernst; Austrian physicist, philosopher
(1838-1916)." |
Macrobius |
21.3N |
46.0E |
64 |
Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius; Roman
writer (unkn-fl. c. 410). |
Madler |
11.0S |
29.8E |
27 |
Johann Heinrich; German astronomer
(1794-1874). |
Maestlin |
4.9N |
40.6W |
7 |
Michael; German mathematician (1550-1631). |
Magelhaens |
11.9S |
44.1E |
40 |
Fernao De (Ferdinand Magellan); Portugueseexplorer
(1480-1521). |
Maginus |
50.5S |
6.3W |
194 |
"Magini, Giovanni Antonio; Italian
astronomer, mathematician (1555" |
Main |
80.8N |
10.1E |
46 |
Robert; British astronomer (1808-1878). |
Mairan |
41.6N |
43.4W |
40 |
Jean Jacques D'Ortous De; French
geophysicist (1678-1771). |
Maksutov |
40.5S |
168.7W |
83 |
Dmitrij D.; Soviet optician (1896-1964). |
Malapert |
84.9S |
12.9E |
69 |
"Charles; Belgian astronomer, mathematician,
philosopher" |
Mallet |
45.4S |
54.2E |
58 |
"Robert; Irish seismologist, engineer
(1810-1881)." |
Malyy |
21.9N |
105.3E |
41 |
Aleksandr L.; Soviet rocketry scientist
(1907-1961). |
Mandel'shtam |
5.4N |
162.4E |
197 |
Leonid I.; Soviet physicist (1879-1944). |
Manilius |
14.5N |
9.1E |
38 |
Marcus; Roman writer (unkn-c. 50
B.C.). |
Mann |
23.1S |
120.1E |
23 |
Thomas; German writer (1875-1955). |
Manners |
4.6N |
20.0E |
15 |
Russell Henry; British astronomer
(1800-1870). |
Manuel |
24.5N |
11.3E |
0 |
Spanish male name. |
Manzinus |
67.7S |
26.8E |
98 |
"Manzini, Carlo Antonio; Italian
astronomer (1599-1677)." |
Maraldi |
19.4N |
34.9E |
39 |
"Giovanni Domenico; Italian astronomer,
geodesist (1709-1788); Ja" |
Marci |
22.6N |
167.0W |
25 |
Jan Marek Marci vonKronland; Czechoslovakian
physicist (1595-1667). |
Marco Polo |
15.4N |
2.0W |
28 |
Italian explorer (1254-1324). |
Marconi |
9.6S |
145.1E |
73 |
"Guglielmo; Italian physicist, inventor;
Nobel laureate (1874-" |
Marinus |
39.4S |
76.5E |
58 |
Of Tyre; Greek geographer (unkn-c.
100). |
Mariotte |
28.5S |
139.1W |
65 |
Edme; French physicist (1620-1684). |
Marius |
11.9N |
50.8W |
41 |
"Mayer, Simon; German astronomer
(1570-1624)." |
Markov |
53.4N |
62.7W |
40 |
Aleksandr V.; Soviet astrophysicist
(1897-1968); Andrei A.; |
Marth |
31.1S |
29.3W |
6 |
Albert; German astronomer (1828-1897). |
Mary |
18.9N |
27.4E |
1 |
English form of Hebrew female name. |
Maskelyne |
2.2N |
30.1E |
23 |
Nevil; British astronomer (1732-1811). |
Mason |
42.6N |
30.5E |
33 |
Charles; British astronomer (1730-1787). |
Maunder |
14.6S |
93.8W |
55 |
Annie S. D. R.; British astronomer
(1868-1947); Edward Walter; Bri |
Maupertuis |
49.6N |
27.3W |
45 |
Pierre Louis De; French mathematician
(1698-1759). |
Maurolycus |
42.0S |
14.0E |
114 |
"Maurolico, Francesco; Italian mathematician(1494-1575)." |
Maury |
37.1N |
39.6E |
17 |
Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer
(1806-1873); Antonia C. |
Mavis |
29.8N |
26.4W |
1 |
Scottish female name. |
Maxwell |
30.2N |
98.9E |
107 |
James Clerk; British physicist (1831-1879). |
McAdie |
2.1N |
92.1E |
45 |
Alexander George; American meteorologist
(1863-1943). |
McAuliffe |
33.0S |
148.9W |
19 |
Sharon Christa; civilian school teacher
member of the Challenger cr |
McClure |
15.3S |
50.3E |
23 |
Robert Le Mesurier;British explorer
(1807-1873). |
McDonald |
30.4N |
20.9W |
7 |
William Johnson; American benefactor
(1844-1926); Thomas Logie; Sc |
McKellar |
15.7S |
170.8W |
51 |
Andrew; Canadian astronomer (1910-1960). |
McLaughlin |
47.1N |
92.9W |
79 |
Dean B.; American astronomer (1901-1965). |
McMath |
17.3N |
165.6W |
86 |
"Francis C.; American engineer, astronomer
(1867-1938); Robert R.;" |
McNair |
35.7S |
147.3W |
29 |
Ronald Erwin; member of the Challenger
crew (1950-1986); previousd |
McNally |
22.6N |
127.2W |
47 |
Paul A.; American astronomer (1890-1955). |
Mechnikov |
11.0S |
149.0W |
60 |
Il'ya I.; Russian-French bacteriologist;
Nobellaureate (1845-1916). |
Mee |
43.7S |
35.3W |
126 |
Arthur Butler Phillips; Scottish
astronomer (1860-1926). |
Mees |
13.6N |
96.1W |
50 |
C. E. Kenneth; Anglo-American photographer
(1882-1960). |
Meggers |
24.3N |
123.0E |
52 |
William F.; American physicist (1888-1968). |
Meitner |
10.5S |
112.7E |
87 |
Lise; Austrian physicist (1878-1968). |
Melissa |
8.1N |
121.8E |
18 |
Greek female name. |
Mendel |
48.8S |
109.4W |
138 |
Gregor J.; Austrianbiologist (1822-1884). |
Mendeleev |
5.7N |
140.9E |
313 |
Dmitrij I.; Russianchemist (1834-1907). |
Menelaus |
16.3N |
16.0E |
26 |
"Of Alexandria; Greek geometer, astronomer
(c. A.D. 98)." |
Menzel |
3.4N |
36.9E |
3 |
"Donald Howard; American astrophysicist,
Smithsonian researcher" |
Mercator |
29.3S |
26.1W |
46 |
"Gerard De Kremer (Gerhardus Mercator);Belgian
cartographer,geogra" |
Mercurius |
46.6N |
66.2E |
67 |
Mercury; Roman mythical messenger. |
Merrill |
75.2N |
116.3W |
57 |
Paul W.; American astronomer (1887-1961). |
Mersenius |
21.5S |
49.2W |
84 |
"Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician,
physicist (1588-1648)." |
Meshcherskiy |
12.2N |
125.5E |
65 |
Ivan V.; Russian mathematician (1859-1935). |
Messala |
39.2N |
60.5E |
125 |
(Ma-Sa-Allah); Jewish astronomer
(unkn- c. 815). |
Messier |
1.9S |
47.6E |
11 |
Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817). |
Metius |
40.3S |
43.3E |
87 |
Adriaan Adriaanszoon; Dutch astronomer
(1571-1635). |
Meton |
73.6N |
18.8E |
130 |
Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.). |
Mezentsev |
72.1N |
128.7W |
89 |
Yurij B.; Soviet rocket scientist
(1929-1965). |
Michael |
25.1N |
0.2E |
4 |
English male name. |
Michelson |
7.2N |
120.7W |
123 |
Albert A.; German-American physicist;
Nobel laureate (1852-1 |
Milankovivc |
77.2N |
168.8E |
101 |
M.; Yugoslavian astronomer (1879-1958). |
Milichius |
10.0N |
30.2W |
12 |
"Milich, Jacob; German doctor, mathematician,
astronomer (1501-15" |
Miller |
39.3S |
0.8E |
61 |
William Allen; British chemist (1817-1870). |
Millikan |
46.8N |
121.5E |
98 |
Robert A.; Americanphysicist; Nobel
laureate (1868-1953). |
Mills |
8.6N |
156.0E |
32 |
Mark M.; American physicist (1917-1958). |
Milne |
31.4S |
112.2E |
272 |
"E. Arthur; British mathematician,
astrophysicist (1896-" |
Milton |
1.6S |
90.9E |
35 |
John; British writer (1608-1674). |
Mineur |
25.0N |
161.3W |
73 |
"Henri; French mathematician, astronomer
(1899-1954)." |
Minkowski |
56.5S |
146.0W |
113 |
Hermann; German mathematician (1864-1909);
Rudolph L. B.; Amer |
Minnaert |
67.8S |
179.6E |
125 |
"Marcel G.; Dutch astronomer, astrophysicist
(1893-1970)." |
Mitchell |
49.7N |
20.2E |
30 |
Maria; American astronomer (1818-1889). |
Mitra |
18.0N |
154.7W |
92 |
S. K.; Indian physicist (1890-1963). |
Mobius |
15.8N |
101.2E |
50 |
"August F.; German mathematician,
astronomer (1790-1868)." |
Mohorovivcic |
19.0S |
165.0W |
51 |
Andrija; Croatian geophysicist (1857-1936). |
Moigno |
66.4N |
28.9E |
36 |
"Francois Napoleon Marie; French
mathematician,physicist (1804-1884)" |
Moiseev |
9.5N |
103.3E |
59 |
Nikolaj D.; Soviet astronomer (1902-1955). |
Moissan |
4.8N |
137.4E |
21 |
Ferdinand Frederic Henri; French
chemist; Nobellaureate (1852-1907) |
Moltke |
0.6S |
24.2E |
6 |
"Helmuth Karl, Graf von; German benefactor
(1800-1891)." |
Monge |
19.2S |
47.6E |
36 |
Gaspard; French mathematician (1746-1818). |
Monira |
12.6S |
1.7W |
2 |
Arabic female name. |
Montaigne |
4.4S |
99.5E |
55 |
Michel De; French writer (1533-1592). |
Montanari |
45.8S |
20.6W |
76 |
"Geminiano; Italian astronomer, mathematician
(1633-1687)." |
Montesquieu |
6.2S |
92.3E |
0 |
"Charles De Secondat, Baron De; French
writer (1689-1755)." |
Montgolfier |
47.3N |
159.8W |
88 |
Jacques E.; French inventor (1745-1799);Joseph
M.; French invent |
Moore |
37.4N |
177.5W |
54 |
Joseph H.; Americanastronomer (1878-1949). |
Moretus |
70.6S |
5.8W |
111 |
"Moret, Theodore; Belgian mathematician
(1602-1667)." |
Morley |
2.8S |
64.6E |
14 |
Edward Williams; American chemist
(1838-1923). |
Morozov |
5.0N |
127.4E |
42 |
Nikolaj A.; Soviet natural scientist
(1854-1945). |
Morse |
22.1N |
175.1W |
77 |
Samuel F. B.; American inventor (1791-1872). |
Moseley |
20.9N |
90.1W |
90 |
Henry G. J.; British physicist (1887-1915). |
Mosting |
0.7S |
5.9W |
24 |
Johan Sigismund Von; Danish benefactor
(1759-1843). |
Mouchez |
78.3N |
26.6W |
81 |
Ernest Amedee Barthelemy; French
astronomer (1821-1892). |
Moulton |
61.1S |
97.2E |
49 |
Forest R.; Americanastronomer (1872-1952). |
Muller |
7.6S |
2.1E |
22 |
Karl; Czechoslovakian astronomer
(1866-1942). |
Murakami |
23.3S |
140.5W |
45 |
"H.; Japanese physicist, astronomer
(1872-1947)." |
Murchison |
5.1N |
0.1W |
57 |
Sir Roderick Impey;Scottish geologist
(1792-1871). |
Mutus |
63.6S |
30.1E |
77 |
"Vincente Mut, or Muth; Spanish astronomer
(unkn-1673)." |
