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Latin Name

Lat

Long

Diam

Origin

Baade

44.8S

81.8W

55

Walter; American astronomer (1893-1960).

Babakin

20.8S

123.3E

20

Georgij N.; Soviet space scientist (1914-1971).

Babbage

59.7N

57.1W

143

Charles; British mathematician(1792-1871).

Babcock

4.2N

93.9E

99

"Harold D.; Americanastronomer, physicist(1882-1968)."

Back

1.1N

80.7E

35

Ernst E. A.; Germanphysicist (1881-1959).

Backlund

16.0S

103.0E

75

Oscar A.; Russian astronomer (1846-1916).

Bacon

51.0S

19.1E

69

"Roger; British natural philosopher, optician(1214-1294)."

Baillaud

74.6N

37.5E

89

Benjamin; French astronomer (1848-1934).

Bailly

66.5S

69.1W

287

Jean Sylvain; French astronomer (1736-1793).

Baily

49.7N

30.4E

26

Francis; British astronomer (1774-1844).

Balandin

18.9S

152.6E

12

A. A.; Soviet chemist(1898-1967).

Balboa

19.1N

83.2W

69

Vasco N. de; Spanish explorer (1475-1517).

Baldet

53.3S

151.1W

55

Francois; French astronomer (1885-1964).

Ball

35.9S

8.4W

41

William; British astonomer (unkn-1690).

Balmer

20.3S

69.8E

138

"Johann J.; Swiss mathematician, physician (1825-1898)."

Balzac

8.0S

95.0E

39

Honore de; French author (1799-1850).

Banachiewicz

5.2N

80.1E

92

"Tadeusz; Polish astronomer, mathematician (1882-1954)."

Bancroft

28.0N

6.4W

13

W. D.; American chemist (1867-1953).

Banting

26.6N

16.4E

5

Sir Frederick Grant; Canadian doctor; Nobel laureate (1891-1941).

Barbier

23.8S

157.9E

66

Daniel; French astronomer (1907-1965).

Barkla

10.7S

67.2E

42

C. G.; British physicist; Nobel laureate(1877-1944).

Barnard

29.5S

85.6E

105

Edward E.; Americanastronomer (1857-1923).

Barocius

44.9S

16.8E

82

Francesco; Italian mathematician (unkn-fl.1570).

Barringer

28.0S

149.7W

68

"Daniel M.; Americanengineer, geologist (1860-1929)."

Barrow

71.3N

7.7E

92

Isaac; British mathematician (1630-1677).

Bartels

24.5N

89.8W

55

Julius; German geophysicist (1899-1964).

Baudelaire

23.2S

123.1E

15

Pierre Charles; French poet 1821-1867

Bawa

25.3S

102.6E

1

African male name.

Bayer

51.6S

35.0W

47

Johann; German astronomer (1572-1625).

Beals

37.3N

86.5E

48

Carlyle F.; Canadian astronomer (1899-1979).

Beaumont

18.0S

28.8E

53

Leonce Elie de; French geologist (1798-1874).

Becquerel

40.7N

129.7E

65

Antoine H.; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1908).

Beer

27.1N

9.1W

9

Wilhelm; German astronomer (1797-1850).

Behaim

16.5S

79.4E

55

"Martin; German navigator, cartographer(1436-1506)."

Beijerinck

13.5S

151.8E

70

Martinus W.; Dutch botanist (1851-1931).

Beketov

16.3N

29.2E

8

N. N.; Russian chemist (1827-1911).

Bel'kovich

61.1N

90.2E

214

Igor V.; Soviet astronomer (1904-1949).

Bela

24.7N

2.3E

11

Slavic female name.

Bell

21.8N

96.4W

86

Alexander G.;Scottish-American inventor (1847-1922).

Bellinsgauze

n 60.

6S 164.6W

63

Faddey F.; Russian explorer(1778-1852).

Bellot

12.4S

48.2E

17

Joseph Rene; Frenchexplorer(1826-1853).

Belopol'skiy

17.2

S 128.1W

59

Aristarch A.; Russian astronomer (1854-1934).

Belyaev

23.3N

143.5E

54

Pavel I.; Soviet cosmonaut (1925-1970).

Benedict

4.4N

141.5E

14

"F. G.; American chemist, physiologist(1870-1957)."

Bergman

7.0N

137.5E

21

"Torbern Olof;Swedish chemist,mineralogist,astronomer (1735-1784)."

Bergstrand

18.8S

176.3E

43

Carl O. E.; Swedishastronomer (1873-1948).

Berkner

25.2N

105.2W

86

Lloyd V.; American geophysicist (1905-1967).

Berlage

63.2S

162.8W

92

"Hendrik P.; Dutch geophysicist, meteorologist (1896-1968)."

Bernini

14.9N

30.0E

7

Gianlorenzo; Italian artist (1598-1680).

Bernouilli

35.0N

60.7E

47

Jacques; Swiss mathematician(1654-1705); Jean; Swiss mathematician(

Berosus

33.5N

69.9E

74

Berosus the Chaldean; Babylonian astronomer(unkn-c. 250 B.C.).

Berzelius

36.6N

50.9E

50

Jons Jakob; Swedishchemist (1779-1848).

Bessarion

14.9N

37.3W

10

Johannes; Greek scholar (c. 1369-1472).

Bessel

21.8N

17.9E

15

Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1784-1846).

Bettinus

63.4S

44.8W

71

"Mario; Italian mathematician, astronomer (1582-1657)."

Bevcvavr

1.9S

125.2E

67

Antonin; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1901-1965).

Bhabha

55.1S

164.5W

64

Homi J.; Indian physicist (1909-1966).

Bianchini

48.7N

34.3W

38

Francesco; Italian astronomer (1662-1729).

Biela

54.9S

51.3E

76

Wilhelm von; Austrian astronomer (1782-1856).

Bilharz

5.8S

56.3E

43

T.; German doctor (1825-1862).

Billy

13.8S

50.1W

45

Jacques de; French mathematician (1602-1679).

Bingham

8.1N

115.1E

33

H.; American explorer (1875-1956).

Biot

22.6S

51.1E

12

Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer (1774-1862).

Birkeland

30.2S

173.9E

82

Olaf K.; Norwegian physicist (1867-1917).

Birkhoff

58.7N

146.1W

345

George D.; Americanmathematician (1884-1944).

Birmingham

65.1N

10.5W

92

John; Irish astronomer (1829-1884).

Birt

22.4S

8.5W

16

William R.; Britishselenographer (1804-1881).

Bjerknes

38.4S

113.0E

48

Vilhelm F. K.; Norwegian physicist (1862-1951).

Black

9.2S

80.4E

18

Joseph; French chemist (1728-1799).

Blackett

37.5S

116.1W

141

Patrick Maynard Stuart; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1897-197

Blagg

1.3N

1.5E

5

Mary Adela; Britishastronomer (1858-1944).

Blancanus

63.8S

21.4W

117

"Biancani, Giuseppe;Italian mathematician,astronomer (1566-1624)."

Blanchard

58.5S

94.4W

40

J.P.; French aeronaut (1753-1809).

Blanchinus

25.4S

2.5E

61

"Bianchini, Giovanni; Italian astronomer (unkn-fl.1458)."

Blazhko

31.6N

148.0W

54

Sergej N.; Soviet astronomer (1870-1956).

Bobillier

19.6N

15.5E

6

E.; French geometer(1798-1840).

Bobone

26.9N

131.8W

31

Jorge; Argentinian astronomer (1901-1958).

Bode

6.7N

2.4W

18

Johann Elert; German astronomer (1747-1826).

Boethius

5.6N

72.3E

10

Greek physicist (c.480-524).

Boguslawsky

72.9

S 43.2E

97

A Palon Heinrich Ludwig von; German astronomer (1789-1851).

Bohnenberger

16.2

S 40.0E

33

A Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Von; German astronomer (1765-1831).

Bohr

12.4N

86.6W

71

Niels H. D.; Danishphysicist; Nobel laureate (1885-1962).

Bok

20.2S

171.6W

45

Priscilla Fairfield; American astronomer (1896-1975).

Boltzmann

74.9S

90.7W

76

Ludwig E.; Austrianphysicist (1844-1906).

Bolyai

33.6S

125.9E

135

Janos; Hungarian mathematician (1802-1860).

Bombelli

5.3N

56.2E

10

R.; Italian mathematician (1526-1572).

Bondarenko

17.8S

136.3E

30

V. V.; Soviet student-cosmonaut(1937-1961).

Bonpland

8.3S

17.4W

60

Aime; French botanist (1773-1858).

Boole

63.7N

87.4W

63

George; British mathematician (1815-1864).

Borda

25.1S

46.6E

44

Jean Charles; French astronomer (1733-1799).

Borel

22.3N

26.4E

4

Felix Edouard Emile; French mathematician (1871-1956).

Boris

30.6N

33.5W

10

Russian male name.

Borman

38.8S

147.7W

50

"Frank; American astronaut, engineer (1928-Live)."

Born

6.0S

66.8E

14

Max; German physicist (1882-1970).

Boscovich

9.8N

11.1E

46

Ruggiero Giuseppe; Italian physicist(1711-1787).

Bose

53.5S

168.6W

91

"Jagadis C.; Indian botanist, physicist(1858-1937)."

Boss

45.8N

89.2E

47

Lewis; American astronomer (1846-1912).

Bouguer

52.3N

35.8W

22

Pierre; French hydrographer (1698-1758).

Boussingault

70.2

S 54.6E

142

A Jean Baptiste Dieudonne; French chemist(1802-1887).

Bowditch

25.0S

103.1E

40

"Nathaniel; Americanastronomer, mathematician (1773-1848)."

Bowen

17.6N

9.1E

8

Ira Sprague; American astronomer (1898-1973).

Boyle

53.1S

178.1E

57

"Robert; British natural philosopher, chemist (1627-1691)."

Brackett

17.9N

23.6E

8

Frederick Sumner; American physicist (1896-Live).

Bragg

42.5N

102.9W

84

William H.; Australian physicist; Nobel laureate (1862-1942).

Brashear

73.8S

170.7W

55

John A.; American astronomer (1840-1920).

Brayley

20.9N

36.9W

14

Edward William; British geographer (1801-1870).

Bredikhin

17.3N

158.2W

59

Fedor A.; Russian astronomer (1831-1904).

Breislak

48.2S

18.3E

49

"Scipione; Italian chemist, geologist, mathematician (1748-1826)."

Brenner

39.0S

39.3E

97

Leo; Austrian astronomer (1855-1928).

Brewster

23.3N

34.7E

10

David; Scottish optician (1781-1868).

Brianchon

75.0N

86.2W

134

Charles J.; French mathematician (1783-1864).

Bridgman

43.5N

137.1E

80

Percy W.; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1882-1961).

Briggs

26.5N

69.1W

37

Henry; British mathematician (1556-1630).

Brisbane

49.1S

68.5E

44

Sir Thomas; Scottish astronomer (1770-1860).

Bronk

26.1N

134.5W

64

Detlev Wulf; American neurophysiologist (1897-1975).

Brouwer

36.2S

126.0W

158

Dirk; American astronomer (1902-1966); Luitzen E. J.; Dutch mathem

Brown

46.4S

17.9W

34

"Ernest William; British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1938)."

Bruce

1.1N

0.4E

6

"Catherine Wolfe; American philanthropist, astronomer (1816-190"

Brunner

9.9S

90.9E

53

William O.; Swiss astronomer (1878-1958).

Buch

38.8S

17.7E

53

Christian Leopold von; German geologist (1774-1853).

Buffon

40.4S

133.4W

106

Georges L. L.; French natural historian (1707-1788).

Buisson

1.4S

112.5E

56

"Henri; French physicist, astronomer (1873-1944)."

Bullialdus

20.7S

22.2W

60

"Boulliaud, Ismael; French astronomer (1605-1694)."

Bunsen

41.4N

85.3W

52

Robert W.; German chemist (1811-1899).

Burckhardt

31.1N

56.5E

56

Johann Karl; Germanastronomer (1773-1825).

Burg

45.0N

28.2E

39

Johann Tobias; Austrian astronomer (1766-1834).

Burnham

13.9S

7.3E

24

Sherburne Wesley; American astronomer (1838-1921).

Busching

38.0S

20.0E

52

Anton Friedrich; German geographer (1724-1793).

Butlerov

12.5N

108.7W

40

Aleksandr M.; Russian chemist (1828-1886).

Buys-Ballot

20.8N

174.5E

55

C. H. D.; Dutch meteorologist (1817-1890).

Byrd

85.3N

9.8E

93

"Richard E.; American explorer, aviator, navigator (1888-1957)."

Byrgius

24.7S

65.3W

87

"Burgi, Joost; Swisshorologist (1552-1632)."