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Latin Name

Lat

Long

Diam

Origin

D'Alembert

50.8N

163.9E

248

"Jean-Le-Rond; French mathematician, physicist (1717-1783)."

D'Arrest

2.3N

14.7E

30

Heinrich Ludwig; German astronomer (1822-1875).

D'Arsonval

10.3S

124.6E

28

Jacques Arsene; French physicist (1851-1940).

Daedalus

5.9S

179.4E

93

Greek mythological character.

Dag

18.7N

5.3E

0

Scandinavian male name.

Daguerre

11.9S

33.6E

46

"Louis; French artist, chemist, photographer(1789-1851)."

Dale

9.6S

82.9E

22

Sir Henry Hallett; British physiologist;Nobel laureate (1875-

Dalton

17.1N

84.3W

60

"John; British chemist, physicist (1766-1844)."

Daly

5.7N

59.6E

17

Reginald Aldworth; Canadian geologist (1871-1957).

Damoiseau

4.8S

61.1W

36

Marie Charles Theodor De; French astronomer (1768-1846).

Daniell

35.3N

31.1E

29

"John Frederick; British physicist, chemist, meteorologist (1790-1"

Danjon

11.4S

124.0E

71

Andre; French astronomer (1890-1967).

Dante

25.5N

180.0E

54

Alighieri; Italian poet (1265-1321).

Dario

11.3S

90.7E

19

Ruben; Nicaraguan author 1867-1916

Darney

14.5S

23.5W

15

Maurice; French astronomer (1882-1958).

Darwin

20.2S

69.5W

120

Charles; British natural scientist (1809-1882).

Das

26.6S

136.8W

38

Amil K.; Indian astronomer (1902-1961).

Daubree

15.7N

14.7E

14

Gabriel-Auguste; French geologist (1814-1896).

Davisson

37.5S

174.6W

87

Clinton J.; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1881-1958).

Davy

11.8S

8.1W

34

Humphry; British physicist (1778-1829).

Dawes

17.2N

26.4E

18

William Rutter; British astronomer (1799-1868).

Dawson

67.4S

134.7W

45

Bernhard H.; Argentinian astronomer (1890-1960).

De-Forest

77.3S

162.1W

57

Lee; American inventor (1873-1961).

De-Gasparis

25.9S

50.7W

30

Annibale; Italian astronomer (1819-1892).

De-La Rue

59.1N

52.3E

134

Warren; British astronomer (1815-1889).

De-Moraes

49.5N

143.2E

53

A.; Brazilian astronomer (1916-1970).

De-Morgan

3.3N

14.9E

10

Augustus; British mathematician (1806-1871).

De-Roy

55.3S

99.1W

43

Felix; Belgian astronomer (1883-1942).

De-Sitter

80.1N

39.6E

64

Willem; Dutch astronomer (1872-1934).

De-Vico

19.7S

60.2W

20

Francesco; Italian astronomer (1805-1848).

De-Vries

19.9S

176.7W

59

Hugo M.; Dutch botanist (1848-1935).

Debes

29.5N

51.7E

30

Ernest; German cartographer (1840-1923).

Debye

49.6N

176.2W

142

"Peter J. W.; Dutch physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1884-1966)."

Dechen

46.1N

68.2W

12

"Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-"

Defoe

6.0S

80.5E

18

Daniel; British author (c. 1661-1731).

Delambre

1.9S

17.5E

51

Jean-Baptiste Joseph; French astronomer (1749-1822).

Delaunay

22.2S

2.5E

46

Charles Eugene; French astronomer (1816-1872).

Delia

10.9S

6.1W

2

Greek female name.

Delisle

29.9N

34.6W

25

Joseph Nicolas; French astronomer (1688-1768).

Dellinger

6.8S

140.6E

81

John H.; American physicist (1886-1962).

Delmotte

27.1N

60.2E

32

Gabriel; French astronomer (1876-1950).

Delporte

16.0S

121.6E

45

Eugene J.; Belgian astronomer (1882-1955).

Deluc

55.0S

2.8W

46

"Jean Andre; Swiss geologist, physicist (1727-1817)."

Dembowski

2.9N

7.2E

26

Baron Ercole; Italian astronomer (1815-1881).

Democritus

62.3N

35.0E

39

"Greek astronomer, philosopher (c. 460-360 B.C.)."

Demonax

77.9S

60.8E

128

Greek philosopher (unkn-c. 100 B.C.).

Denning

16.4S

142.6E

44

William F.; Britishastronomer (1848-1931).

Desargues

70.2N

73.3W

85

"Gerard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662)."

Descartes

11.7S

15.7E

48

"Rene; French mathematician, philosopher (1596-1650)."

Deseilligny

21.1N

20.6E

6

Jules Alfred Pierrot; French selenographer (1868-1918).

Deslandres

33.1S

4.8W

256

Henri Alexandre; French astrophysicist (1853-1948).

Deutsch

24.1N

110.5E

66

Armin J.; American astronomer (1918-1969).

Dewar

2.7S

165.5E

50

Sir James; British chemist (1842-1923).

Diana

14.3N

35.7E

50

Latin female name.

Diderot

20.4S

121.5E

20

Denis; French philosopher (1713-1784).

Dionysius

2.8N

17.3E

18

St. Dionysius the Areopagite; Greek astronomer (A.D. 9-120).

Diophantus

27.6N

34.3W

17

Greek mathematician(unkn-c. A.D. 300).

Dirichlet

11.1N

151.4W

47

Peter G. L.; Germanmathematician (1805-1859).

Dobrovol'ski

12.8

S 129.7E

38

Georgiy T.; Soviet aeronautical engineer(1928-1971).

Doerfel

69.1S

107.9W

68

Georg Samuel; German astronomer (1643-1688).

Dollond

10.4S

14.4E

11

John; British optician (1706-1761).

Donati

20.7S

5.2E

36

Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer (1826-1873).

Donna

7.2N

38.3E

2

Italian female name.

Donner

31.4S

98.0E

58

Anders; Finnish astronomer (1873-1949).

Doppelmayer

28.5S

41.4W

63

"Johann Gabriel; German mathematician, astronomer (1671-1750)."

Doppler

12.6S

159.6W

110

"Doppler, J. Christian; Austrian physicist, mathematician, astronom"

Douglass

35.9N

122.4W

49

Andrew E.; Americanastronomer (1867-1962).

Dove

46.7S

31.5E

30

Heinrich Wilhelm; German physicist (1803-1879).

Doyle

2.0N

84.5E

32

Sir Arthur Conan; British novelist (1859-1930).

Draper

17.6N

21.7W

8

Henry; American astronomer (1837-1882).

Drebbel

40.9S

49.0W

30

Cornelius; Dutch inventor (1572-1634).

Dreyer

10.0N

96.9E

61

John L. E.; Britishastronomer (1852-1926).

Drude

38.5S

91.8W

24

Paul K. L.; German physicist (1863-1906).

Dryden

33.0S

155.2W

51

"Hugh L.; American physicist, engineer (1898-1965)."

Drygalski

79.3S

84.9W

149

"Erich D. von; German geographer, geophysicist (1865-1949)."

Dubyago

4.4N

70.0E

51

Dmitrij I.; Russianastronomer (1850-1918); Alexander D.; Soviet as

Dufay

5.5N

169.5E

39

Jean C. B.; French astronomer (1896-1967).

Dugan

64.2N

103.3E

50

Raymond S.; American astronomer (1878-1940).

Dumas

5.3S

81.7E

16

Alexandre; French novelist (1802-1870).

Duner

44.8N

179.5E

62

Nils C.; Swedish astronomer (1839-1914).

Dunthorne

30.1S

31.6W

15

Richard; British astronomer (1711-1775).

Dyson

61.3N

121.2W

63

Sir Frank W.; British astronomer (1868-1939).

Dziewulski

21.2N

98.9E

63

Wladyslaw; Polish astronomer (1878-1962).