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AGRIPPA crater
44 km diameter
4.1N – 10.5E
Agrippa (c. 92) AD Astronomer. Some say due to its proximity to the crater Julius Caesar it is named after Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BC), a Roman general and statesman.
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ALEXANDER crater
88 km diameter
40.3N – 13.5E
Alexander the Great (356-323) BC
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ANAXAGORAS crater
50 km diameter
2350 mt height walls
73.4N – 10.1W
In the northern lunar regions
Anaxagoras (500-428) BC
Astronomer
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ANAXIMANDER crater
67 km diameter
2800 mt height walls
66.9N – 51.3W
North - west lunar region
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ANAXIMENES crater
80 km diameter
72.5N – 44.5W
Anaximenes (585-528) BC Astronomer
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APOLLONIUS crater
53 km diameter
1700 mt height walls
4.5N – 61.1E
Southern of Crisium sea
Apollonius of Perga 3rd century BC, mathematician
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ARATUS crater
10 km diameter
23.6N – 4.5E
Aratus of Soli
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ARCHIMEDES crater
82 km diameter
2060 mt height walls
29.7N - 4W
East of Imbrium sea and below this crater ARCHIMEDES rima
169 km lenght 27°N - 4°W
From Archimedes crater to southern hilly region
The other two craters are Aristillus and Autolycus
Archimedes (287-212) BC
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ARCHYTAS crater
31 km diameter
2350 mt height walls
58.7N – 5.0E
Northern of Frigoris sea
Archytas, (428-350/347) BC
Mathematician
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ARISTARCHUS crater
23.7N – 47.4W
40 km diameter
Aristarchus, astronomer (310-230)BC
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ARISTILLUS crater
33.9N – 1.2E
55 km diameter
Astronomer (c.280 )BC
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ARISTOTELES crater
87 km diameter
3700 mt height walls
50.2N – 17.4E
Northern of Caucasus mounts
Aristotle, Philosopher, Scientist (383-322) BC
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AUTOLYCUS crater
30.7N – 1.5E
39 km diameter
Autolycus, astronomer (?-c.330 ) BC
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BOETHIUS crater
5.67N – 72.3E
10 km diameter
Physicist (c. 480-524AD)
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CALLIPUS crater
38.9N – 10.7E
32 km diameter
Callipus of Cyzicus, Astronomer (c. 330 BC)
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CLEOMEDES crater
125 km diameter
3000 mt height walls
27.7N – 55.5E
North east region, between Geminus crater and Crisium sea
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CLEOSTRATUS crater
60.4N – 77.0W
62 km diameter
Astronomer (?-500)BC
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CONON crater
21.6N – 2.0E
21 km diameter
CONON rima
30 km lenght
18N - 2E
In the Appennines mounts, from the Conon crater to south direction
Conon of Samos (c. 260 BC)
Astronomer
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DEMOCRITUS crater
35 km diameter
1950 mt height walls
62.3N – 35.0E
North east lunar field, between Gartner and Arnold craters
Democritus (460-360) BC
Astronomer, Mathematician, Physicist
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DIONYSIUS crater
2.8N – 17.3E
18 km diameter
St. Dionysius the Aeropagite, Astronomer (9-120 AD)
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DEMONAX crater
77.9S – 60.8E
128 km diameter
Demonax (?-100)BC Philosopher
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DIOPHANTUS crater
19 km diameter
2590 mt height walls
27.6N – 34.3W
Between west Imbrium sea and east Procellarum
Mathematician
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