Surname
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Named after
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location
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Mean diameter (km)
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Palisa
|
Johann Palisa
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9 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 7 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -9.4 -7.2
|
33
|
Palitzsch
|
Johann Georg Palitzsch
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28 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -28 64.5
|
41
|
Pallas
|
Peter Simon Pallas
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5 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 1 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 5.5 -1.6
|
46
|
Palmieri
|
Luigi Palmieri
|
28 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 47 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -28.6 -47.7
|
40
|
Paneth
|
Friedrich Adolf Paneth
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63 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 94 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 63 -94.8
|
65
|
Pannekoek
|
Antonie Pannekoek
|
4 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 140 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -4.2 140.5
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71
|
Papaleksi
|
Nikolai D. Papaleksi
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10 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 164 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 10.2 164
|
97
|
Paracelsus
|
Paracelsus
|
23 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -23 163.1
|
83
|
Paraskevopoulos
|
John S. Paraskevopoulos
|
50 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ N , 149 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 50.4 -149.9
|
94
|
Parenago
|
Pavel P. Parenago
|
25 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N , 108 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 25.9 -108.5
|
93
|
Parkhurst
|
John A. Parkhurst
|
33 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 103 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -33.4 103.6
|
96
|
Parrot
|
Friedrich Parrot
|
14 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 3 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -14.5 3.3
|
70
|
Parry
|
William Edward Parry
|
7 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 15 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -7.9 -15.8
|
47
|
Parsons
|
John W. Parsons
|
37 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 171 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 37.3 -171.2
|
40
|
Pascal
|
Blaise Pascal
|
74 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 70 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 74.6 -70.3
|
115
|
Paschen
|
Friedrich Paschen
|
13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 139 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -13.5 -139.8
|
124
|
Pasteur
|
Louis Pasteur
|
11 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 104 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -11.9 104.6
|
224
|
Patricia
|
English female name
|
25 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 0 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 25 0.3
|
5
|
Patsaev
|
Viktor Ivanovich Pazayev
|
16 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 133 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -16.7 133.4
|
55
|
Pauli
|
Wolfgang Pauli
|
44 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 137 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -44.5 137.5
|
84
|
Pavlov
|
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov
|
28 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 142 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -28.8 142.5
|
148
|
Pawsey
|
Joseph Pawsey
|
44 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 145 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 44.5 145
|
60
|
Peary
|
Robert Edwin Peary
|
88 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 33 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 88.6 33
|
73
|
Pease
|
Francis G. Pease
|
12 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 106 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 12.5 -106.1
|
38
|
Peek
|
Bertrand Meigh Peek
|
2 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 86 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 2.6 86.9
|
12
|
Peirce
|
Benjamin Peirce
|
18 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 53 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 18.3 53.5
|
18th
|
Peirescius
|
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
|
46 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -46.5 67.6
|
61
|
Pentland
|
Joseph Barclay Pentland
|
64 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 11 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -64.6 11.5
|
56
|
Perel'man
|
Jakow Issidorowitsch Perelman
|
24 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 106 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -24 106
|
46
|
Perepelkin
|
Yevgeny Yakovlevich Perepyolkin
|
10 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 129 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -10 129
|
97
|
Perkin
|
Richard S. Perkin
|
47 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 175 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 47.2 -175.9
|
62
|
Perrine
|
Charles Dillon Perrine
|
42 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 127 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 42.5 -127.8
|
86
|
Petavius
|
Dionysius Petavius
|
25 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -25.1 60.4
|
188
|
Petermann
|
August Heinrich Petermann
|
74 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 66 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 74.2 66.3
|
73
|
Peters
|
Christian August Friedrich Peters
|
68 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 29 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 68.1 29.5
|
15th
|
Petit
|
Alexis Thérèse Petit
|
2 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 63 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 2.3 63.5
|
5
|
Petrie
|
Robert M. Petrie
|
45 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 108 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 45.3 108.4
|
33
|
Petropavlovskiy
|
Boris S. Petropavlovskiy
|
37 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 114 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 37.2 -114.8
|
63
|
Petrov
|
Evgeny S. Petrov
|
61 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 88 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -61.4 88
|
49
|
Pettit
|
Edison Pettit
|
27 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -27.5 -86.6
|
35
|
Petzval
|
Joseph von Petzval
|
62 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -62.7 -110.4
|
90
|
Phillips
|
John Phillips
|
26 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 75 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -26.6 75.3
|
122
|
Philolaus
|
Philolaus of Croton
|
72 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 32 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 72.1 -32.4
|
70
|
Phocylides
|
Johannes (Jan Fokker) Phocylides Holwarda
|
52 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 57 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -52.7 -57
|
121
|
Piazzi
|
Giuseppe Piazzi
|
36 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 67 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -36.6 -67.9
|
134
|
Piazzi Smyth
|
Charles Piazzi Smyth
|
41 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ N , 3 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 41.9 -3.2
|
13
|
Picard
|
Jean Picard
|
14 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 54 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 14.6 54.7
|
22nd
|
Piccolomini
|
Alessandro Piccolomini
|
29 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 32 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -29.7 32.2
|
87
|
Pickering
|
Edward Charles Pickering William Henry Pickering
|
2 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 7 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -2.9 7
|
15th
|
Pictet
|
Marc-Auguste Pictet-Turretin
|
43 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 7 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -43.6 -7.4
|
62
|
Pikel'ner
|
Solomon Borisovich Pikel'ner
|
47 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 123 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -47.9 123.3
|
47
|
Pilâtre
|
Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier
|
60 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 86 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -60.2 -86.9
|
50
|
Pingré
|
Alexandre Guy Pingré
|
58 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 73 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -58.7 -73.7
|
88
|
Pirquet
|
Guido from Pirquet
|
20 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 139 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -20.3 139.6
|
65
|
Pitatus
|
Pietro Pitati
|
29 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 13 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -29.9 -13.5
|
106
|
Pitiscus
|
Bartholomäus Pitiscus
|
50 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 30 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -50.4 30.9
|
82
|
Pizzetti
|
Paolo Pizzetti
|
34 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 118 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -34.9 118.8
|
44
|
Plana
|
Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana
|
42 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 28 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 42.2 28.2
|
44
|
Planck
|
Max Karl Ernst Planck
|
57 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 136 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -57.9 136.8
|
314
|
Planté
|
Gaston Planté
|
10 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -10.2 163.3
|
37
|
Plaskett
|
John Stanley Plaskett
|
82 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 174 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 82.1 174.3
|
109
|
plato
|
plato
|
51 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ N , 9 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 51.6 -9.4
|
109
|
Playfair
|
John Playfair
|
23 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 8 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -23.5 8.4
|
47
|
Pliny
|
Gaius Pliny Secundus the Elder
|
15 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ N , 23 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 15.4 23.7
|
43
|
Plummer
|
Henry C. Plummer
|
25 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 155 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -25 -155
|
73
|
Plutarch
|
Plutarch
|
24 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 79 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 24.1 79
|
68
|
Poczo Butter
|
Martin Poczobutt-Odlanicki
|
57 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 98 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 57.1 -98.8
|
195
|
Pogson
|
Norman Robert Pogson
|
42 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -42.2 110.5
|
50
|
Poincaré
|
Jules Henri Poincare
|
56 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -56.7 163.6
|
319
|
Poinsot
|
Louis Poinsot
|
79 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 145 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 79.5 -145.7
|
68
|
Poisson
|
Siméon Denis Poisson
|
30 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 10 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -30.4 10.6
|
42
|
Polybius
|
Polybius
|
22 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 25 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -22.4 25.6
|
41
|
Polzunov
|
Ivan I. Polzunov
|
25 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 114 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 25.3 114.6
|
67
|
Pomortsev
|
Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev
|
0 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ N , 66 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 0.7 66.9
|
23
|
Poncelet
|
Jean-Victor Poncelet
|
75 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 54 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 75.8 -54.1
|
69
|
Pons
|
Jean-Louis Pons
|
25 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 21 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -25.3 21.5
|
41
|
Pontanus
|
Giovanni Pontano
|
28 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 14 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -28.4 14.4
|
57
|
Pontécoulant
|
Philippe Gustave Doulcet Comte de Pontecoulant
|
58 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ S , 66 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -58.7 66
|
91
|
Popov
|
Aleksandr S. Popov C. Popov
|
17 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 99 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 17.2 99.7
|
65
|
porter
|
Russell W. Porter
|
56 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 10 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -56.1 -10.1
|
51
|
Posidonius
|
Posidonius of Apamea
|
31 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 29 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 8/31 9/29
|
95
|
Poynting
|
John Henry Poynting
|
18 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 133 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 18.1 -133.4
|
128
|
Prague
|
Richard Prager
|
3 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 130 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -3.9 130.5
|
60
|
Prandtl
|
Ludwig Prandtl
|
60 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ S , 141 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -60.1 141.8
|
91
|
Priestley
|
Joseph Priestley
|
57 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 108 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -57.3 108.4
|
52
|
prince
|
Wilhelm Prince
|
25 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 44 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 25.5 -44.1
|
46
|
Priscilla
|
Latin woman name
|
10 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ S , 6 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -10.9 -6.2
|
1.8
|
Proclus
|
Diadochus Proclus
|
16 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ N , 46 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 16.1 46.8
|
28
|
Proctor
|
Mary Proctor
|
46 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 5 ° 6 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -46.4 -5.1
|
52
|
Protagoras
|
Protagoras
|
56 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ EMoon 56 7.3
|
21st
|
Ptolemy
|
Claudius Ptolemy
|
9 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ S , 1 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -9.3 -1.9
|
164
|
Puiseux
|
Pierre Puiseux
|
27 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ S , 39 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -27.8 -39
|
24
|
Pupin
|
Michael Idvorsky Pupin
|
23 ° 48 ′ 0 ″ N , 11 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 23.8 -11
|
2
|
Purbach
|
Georg von Purbach
|
25 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ S , 2 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon -25.5 -2.3
|
115
|
Purkyne
|
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
|
1 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ S , 94 ° 54 ′ 0 ″ EMoon -1.6 94.9
|
48
|
Pythagoras
|
Pythagoras of Samos
|
63 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 63 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 63.5 -63
|
142
|
Pytheas
|
Pytheas of Marseilles
|
20 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 20 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ W.Moon 20.5 -20.6
|
20th
|