List of craters on the Moon, R–S

The list of approved names in the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature maintained by the International Astronomical Union includes the diameter of the crater and the person the crater is named for.[1] Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description pages.


Lists of craters on the Moon
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R

Crater Diameter Eponym
Rabbi Levi 81 km Levi Ben Gershon (1288–1344)
Racah 63 km Giulio Racah (1909–1965)
Raimond 70 km Jean Jacques Raimond, Jr. (1903–1961)
Raman 10 km Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman (1888–1970)
Ramon 17 km Ilan Ramon (1954–2003)
Ramsay 81 km William Ramsay (1852–1916)
Ramsden 24 km Jesse Ramsden (1735–1800)
Rankine 8 km William John Macquorn Rankine (1820–1872)
Raspletin 48 km Aleksandr Andreyevich Raspletin (1908–1967)
Ravi 2.5 km (Indian male name)
Rayet 27 km Georges Antoine Pons Rayet (1839–1906)
Rayleigh 114 km John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842–1919)
Razumov 70 km Vladimir Vasil'evich Razumov (1890–1967)
Réaumur 52 km René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683–1757)
Recht 20 km Albert William Recht (1892–1962)
Regiomontanus 108 km Regiomontanus (1436–1476)
Regnault 46 km Henri Victor Regnault (1810–1878)
Reichenbach 71 km Georg von Reichenbach (1772–1826)
Reimarus 48 km Nicolai Reymers Baer (circa 1550-circa 1600)
Reiner 29 km Vincentio Reinieri (unknown-1648)
Reinhold 42 km Erasmus Reinhold (1511–1553)
Repsold 109 km Johann Georg Repsold (1770–1830)
Resnik 20 km Judith Arlene Resnik (1949–1986)
Respighi 18 km Lorenzo Respighi (1824–1890)
Rhaeticus 45 km Georg Joachim Rheticus (1514–1576)
Rheita 70 km Anton Maria Schyrleus of Rheita (circa 1597-1660)
Riccioli 139 km Giovanni Battista Riccioli (1598–1671)
Riccius 71 km Augustine Riccius (flourished 1513)
Matteo Ricci (1552–1610)
Ricco 65 km Annibale Ricco (1844–1911)
Richards 16 km Theodore William Richards (1868–1928)
Richardson 141 km Owen Willans Richardson (1879–1959)
Riedel 47 km Klaus Riedel (1907–1944)
Walter Riedel (1902–1968)
Riemann 163 km Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866)
Ritchey 24 km George Willis Ritchey (1864–1945)
Rittenhouse 26 km David Rittenhouse (1732–1796)
Ritter 29 km Karl Ritter (1779–1859)
Georg August Dietrich Ritter (1826–1908)
Ritz 51 km Walter Ritz (1878–1909)
Robert 1 km (English male name)
Roberts 89 km Alexander William Roberts (1857–1938)
Sir Isaac Roberts (1829–1904)
Robertson 88 km Howard P. Robertson (1903–1961)
Robinson 24 km John Thomas Romney Robinson (1792–1882)
Rocca 89 km Giovanni Antonio Rocca (1607–1656)
Rocco 4 km (Italian male name)
Roche 160 km Édouard Albert Roche (1820–1883)
Romeo 8 km (Italian male name)
Römer 39 km Ole Rømer (1644–1710)
Röntgen 126 km Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1845–1923)
Rosa 1 km (Spanish female name)
Rosenberger 95 km Otto August Rosenberger (1800–1890)
Ross 24 km James Clark Ross (1800–1862)
Frank Elmore Ross (1874–1966)
Rosse 11 km William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse (1800–1867)
Rosseland 75 km Svein Rosseland (1894–1985)
Rost 48 km Johann Leonhard Rost (1688–1727)
Rothmann 42 km Christopher Rothmann (unknown-1600)
Rowland 171 km Henry Augustus Rowland III (1848–1901)
Rozhdestvenskiy 177 km Dmitry Syergeyevich Rozhdestvensky (1876–1940)
Rumford 61 km Count Rumford (1753–1814)
Runge 38 km Carle David Tolmé Runge (1856–1927)
Russell 103 km Henry Norris Russell (1877–1957)
John Russell (1745–1806)
Ruth 3 km (Hebrew female name)
Rutherford 13 km Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)
Rutherfurd 48 km Lewis Morris Rutherfurd (1816–1892)
Rydberg 49 km Johannes Robert Rydberg (1854–1919)
Ryder 17 km Graham Ryder (1949–2002)
Rynin 75 km Nikolai Alexsevitch Rynin (1877–1942)

S

Crater Diameter Eponym
Sabatier 10 km Paul Sabatier (1854–1941)
Sabine 30 km Edward Sabine (1788–1883)
Sacrobosco 98 km Johannes de Sacrobosco (John Holywood, circa 1200-1256)
Saenger 75 km Eugen Saenger (1905–1964)
Šafařík 27 km Vojtěch Šafařík (1829–1902)
Saha 99 km Megh Nad Saha (1893–1956)
Samir 2 km (Arabic male name)
Sampson 1 km Ralph Allen Sampson (1866–1939)
Sanford 55 km Roscoe Frank Sanford (1883–1958)
Santbech 64 km Daniel Santbech Noviomagus (unknown-flourished 1561)
Santos-Dumont 8 km Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873–1932)
Sarabhai 7 km Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai (1919–1971)
Sarton 69 km George Alfred Leon Sarton (1884–1956)
Sasserides 90 km Gellio Sasceride (1562–1612)
Saunder 44 km Samuel Arthur Saunder (1852–1912)
Saussure 54 km Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799)
Scaliger 84 km Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540–1609)
Schaeberle 62 km John Martin Schaeberle (1853–1924)
Scheele 4 km Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786)
Scheiner 110 km Christopher Scheiner (1575–1650)
Schiaparelli 24 km Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli (1835–1910)
Schickard 206 km Wilhelm Schickard (1592–1635)
Schiller 180 km Julius Schiller (flourished 1627)
Schjellerup 62 km Hans Carl Frederik Christian Schjellerup (1827–1887)
Schlesinger 97 km Frank Schlesinger (1871–1943)
Schliemann 80 km Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890)
Schlüter 89 km Heinrich Schlüter (1815–1844)
Schmidt 11 km Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825–1884)
Bernhard Schmidt (1879–1935)
Otto Yulyevich Schmidt (1891–1956)
Schneller 54 km Herbert Schneller (1901–1967)
Schomberger 85 km Georg Schomberger (1597–1645)
Schönfeld 25 km Eduard Schönfeld (1828–1891)
Schorr 53 km Richard Schorr (1867–1951)
Schrödinger 312 km Erwin Schrödinger (1887–1961)
Schröter 35 km Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745–1816)
Schubert 54 km Theodor von Schubert (1789–1865)
Schumacher 60 km Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1780–1850)
Schuster 108 km Arthur Schuster (1851–1934)
Schwabe 25 km Samuel Heinrich Schwabe (1789–1875)
Schwarzschild 212 km Karl Schwarzschild (1873–1916)
Scobee 40 km Francis Richard Scobee (1939–1986)
Scoresby 55 km William Scoresby (1789–1857)
Scott 103 km Robert Falcon Scott (1868–1912)
Seares 110 km Frederick Hanley Seares (1873–1964)
Secchi 22 km Pietro Angelo Secchi (1818–1878)
Sechenov 62 km Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov (1829–1905)
Seeliger 8 km Hugo Hans Ritter von Seeliger (1849–1924)
Segers 17 km Carlos Segers (1900–1967)
Segner 67 km Johann Andreas von Segner (1704–1777)
Seidel 62 km Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821–1896)
Seleucus 43 km Seleucus of Seleucia (flourished circa 150 BC.)
Seneca 46 km Seneca the Younger (4 BC.-65 AD.)
Seyfert 110 km Carl Keenan Seyfert (1911–1960)
Shackleton 19 km Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874–1922).
Shahinaz 15 km (Turkish female name)
Shaler 48 km Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1841–1906)
Shapley 23 km Harlow Shapley (1885–1972)
Sharonov 74 km Vsevolod Vasilievich Sharonov (1901–1964)
Sharp 39 km Abraham Sharp (1651–1742)
Shatalov 21 km Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov (1927-)
Shayn 93 km Grigory Abramovich Shajn (1892–1956)
Sheepshanks 25 km Anne Sheepshanks (1789–1876)
Sherrington 18 km Sir Charles Scott Sherrington (1856–1952)
Shi Shen 43 km Shi Shen (fl. 4th century BC)
Shirakatsi 51 km Anania Shirakatsi (circa 620-circa 685)
Shoemaker 50.9 km Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928–1997)
Short 70 km James Short (1710–1768)
Shternberg 70 km Pavel Karlovich Shternberg (Sternberg, 1865–1920)
Shuckburgh 38 km George Shuckburgh (1751–1804)
Shuleykin 15 km Mikhail Vasil'evich Shuleykin (1884–1939)
Siedentopf 61 km Heinrich Siedentopf (1906–1963)
Sierpinski 69 km Wacław Sierpiński (1882–1969)
Sikorsky 98 km Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (1889–1972)
Silberschlag 13 km Johann Esaias Silberschlag (1721–1791)
Simpelius 70 km Hugh Sempill (1596–1654)
Sinas 11 km Simon Sinas (1810–1876)
Sirsalis 42 km Gerolamo Sersale (1584–1654)
Sisakyan 34 km Norajr Martirosovich Sisakyan (1907–1966)
Sita 2 km (Indian female name)
Skłodowska 127 km Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934)
Slater 25 km David Slater (1957-2011)
Slava 0.1 km Slavic male name
Slipher 69 km Earl Charles Slipher (1883–1964)
Vesto Melvin Slipher (1875–1969)
Slocum 13 km Frederick Slocum (1873–1944)
Smith 34 km Michael John Smith (1945–1986)
Smithson 5 km James Smithson (1765–1829)
Smoluchowski 83 km Marian Smoluchowski (1872–1917)
Snellius 82 km Willebrord Snell (1591–1626)
Sniadecki 43 km Jan Sniadecki (1756–1830)
Soddy 42 km Frederick Soddy (1877–1956)
Somerville 15 km Mary Fairfax Somerville (1780–1872)
Sommerfeld 169 km Arnold Sommerfeld (1868–1951)
Sömmering 28 km Samuel Thomas Sömmering (1755–1830)
Soraya 2 km (Persian female name)
Sosigenes 17 km Sosigenes of Alexandria (flourished 46 BC.)
South 104 km James South (1785–1867)
Spallanzani 32 km Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729–1799)
Spencer Jones 85 km Sir Harold Spencer Jones (1890–1960)
Spörer 27 km Friederich Wilhelm Gustav Spörer (1822–1895)
Spurr 13 km Josiah Edward Spurr (1870–1950)
St. John 68 km Charles Edward St. John (1857–1935)
Stadius 69 km Johannes Stadius (1527–1579)
Stark 49 km Johannes Stark (1874–1957)
Stearns 36 km Carl Leo Stearns (1892–1972)
Stebbins 131 km Joel Stebbins (1878–1966)
Stefan 125 km Josef Stefan (1835–1893)
Stein 33 km Johan Willem Jakob Antoon Stein (1871–1951)
Steinheil 67 km Karl August von Steinheil (1801–1870)
Steklov 36 km Vladimir Andreevich Steklov (1864–1926)
Stella 1 km (Latin female name)
Steno 31 km Nicolaus Steno (1638–1686)
Sternfeld 100 km Ary Abramovich Sternfeld (1905–1980)
Stetson 64 km Harlan True Stetson (1885–1964)
Stevinus 74 km Simon Stevin (1548–1620)
Stewart 13 km John Quincy Stewart (1894–1972)
Stiborius 43 km Andreas Stoberl (1465–1515)
Stöfler 126 km Johannes Stöffler (1452–1531)
Stokes 51 km Sir George Gabriel Stokes (1819–1903)
Stoletov 42 km Aleksandr Grigorievich Stoletov (1839–1896)
Stoney 45 km George Johnstone Stoney (1826–1911)
Störmer 69 km Fredrik Carl Mülertz Störmer (1874–1957)
Strabo 55 km Strabo (54 BC.-24 AD.)
Stratton 70 km Frederick John Marrion Stratton (1881–1960)
Street 57 km Thomas Street (1621–1689)
Strömgren 61 km Elis Strömgren (1870–1947)
Struve 164 km Otto Wilhelm von Struve (1819–1905)
Otto Struve (1897–1963)
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793–1864)
Subbotin 67 km Mikhail Fedorovich Subbotin (1893–1966)
Suess 8 km Eduard Suess (1831–1914)
Sulpicius Gallus 12 km Gaius Sulpicius Gallus (flourished c. 166 BC)
Sumner 50 km Thomas Hubbard Sumner (1807–1876)
Sundman 40 km Karl Fritiof Sundman (1873–1949)
Susan 1 km (English female name)
Svedberg 14.4 km Theodor Svedberg (1884–1971)
Sverdrup 35 km Otto Sverdrup (1855–1930)
Swann 42 km William Francis Gray Swann (1884–1962)
Swasey 23 km Ambrose Swasey (1846–1937)
Swift 10 km Lewis Swift (1820–1913)
Sylvester 58 km James Joseph Sylvester (1814–1897)
Szilard 122 km Leó Szilárd (1898–1964)

References

  1. ↑ "Moon craters". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. International Astrophysical Union. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
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