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)."
|