| Feature Name | Latitude | Longitude | Diameter (km) | Origin |
|---|
| Abbe | -57.3 | 175.2 | 66 | Ernst Karl; German optician, physicist, astronomer (1840-1905). |
| Abbot | 5.6 | 54.8 | 10 | Charles Greeley; American astrophysicist (1872-1973). |
| [Abduh] | 14.7 | 39 | 9 | Mohammed; Egyptian writer (1849-1905). Note: The IAU-approved name for this feature is Lyell A. |
| Abel | -34.5 | 87.3 | 122 | Niels Henrik; Norwegian mathematician (1802-1829). |
| Abenezra | -21 | 11.9 | 42 | Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra; Spanish mathematician, astronomer (1092-1164/1167). |
| Abetti | 20.1 | 27.8 | 1.5 | Antonio; Italian astronomer (1846-1928); Giorgio; Italian astronomer (1882-1982). |
| Abul Wafa | 1 | 116.6 | 55 | Abu al-Wafu al-Buzajani; Persian mathematician, astronomer (940-998). |
| Abulfeda | -13.8 | 13.9 | 65 | Ismail Ibn Abu al-Fida; Syrian geographer (1273-1331). |
| Acosta | -5.6 | 60.1 | 13 | Cristobal; Portuguese doctor, natural historian (1515-1580). |
| Adams | -31.9 | 68.2 | 66 | John Couch; British astronomer (1819-1892); Charles Hitchcock; American astronomer (1868-1951);
Walter Sydney; American astronomer (1876-1956). |
| Agatharchides | -19.8 | -30.9 | 48 | Agatharchides of Cnidos; Greek geographer (c. 116 B.C.). |
| Agrippa | 4.1 | 10.5 | 44 | Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. A.D. 92). |
| Airy | -18.1 | 5.7 | 36 | George Biddell; British astronomer (1801-1892). |
| Aitken | -16.8 | 173.4 | 135 | Robert Grant; American astronomer (1864-1951). |
| Akis | 20 | -31.8 | 2 | Greek female name. |
| Al-Bakri | 14.3 | 20.2 | 12 | Abu Ubayd Abdallah Ibn abd al-Aziz Ibn Muhammad; Spanish-Arab geographer (1010-1094). |
| Al-Biruni | 17.9 | 92.5 | 77 | Abu ar-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni; Persian astronomer, mathematician, geographer (973-1048). |
| Al-Khwarizmi | 7.1 | 106.4 | 65 | Iraqi mathematician (unkn-c. 825). |
| Al-Marrakushi | -10.4 | 55.8 | 8 | Abu 'Ali al-Hasan Ibn 'Ali al-Marrakushi; Moroccan astronomer, mathematician (fl. c. A.D. 1281/1282). |
| Alan | -10.9 | -6.1 | 2 | Irish male name. |
| Albategnius | -11.7 | 4.3 | 114 | Muhammed Ben Geber Al-Battani; Arab astronomer, mathematician (c. 858-929). |
| Alden | -23.6 | 110.8 | 104 | Harold Lee; American astronomer (1890-1964). |
| Alder | -48.6 | -177.4 | 77 | Kurt; German organic chemist; Nobel laureate (1902-1958). |
| Aldrin | 1.4 | 22.1 | 3 | Edwin Eugene, Jr. ("Buzz"); American astronaut (1930-Live). |
| Alekhin | -68.2 | -131.3 | 70 | Nikolaj P.; Soviet rocket designer, engineer (1913-1964). |
| Alexander | 40.3 | 13.5 | 81 | Alexander the Great, of Macedon; Greek geographer (356-323 B.C.). |
| Alfraganus | -5.4 | 19 | 20 | Al-Fargani, Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Kathir; Persian astronomer (unkn-c. 840). |
| Alhazen | 15.9 | 71.8 | 32 | Abu Ali Al-Hasan Ibn Al Haitham; Iraqi mathematician (987-1038). |
| Aliacensis | -30.6 | 5.2 | 79 | D'Ailly, Pierre; French geographer (1350-1420). |
| Almanon | -16.8 | 15.2 | 49 | Abdalla Al Mamun; Persian astronomer (786-833). |
| Aloha | 29.8 | -53.9 | 3 | Hawaiian greeting. |
| Alpetragius | -16 | -4.5 | 39 | Al-Bitruji Al-Ishbili, Abu Ishaq; Spanish astronomer (unkn-c. 1100). |
| Alphonsus | -13.7 | -3.2 | 108 | Alfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284). |
| Alter | 18.7 | -107.5 | 64 | Dinsmore; American astronomer, meteorologist (1888-1968). |
| Ameghino | 3.3 | 57 | 9 | Fiorino (or Florentino); Argentine paleontologist and anthropologist (1854-1911). |
| Amici | -9.9 | -172.1 | 54 | Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer, optician (1786-1863). |
| Ammonius | -8.5 | -0.8 | 8 | Greek philosopher (unkn.-c. A.D. 517-526). |
| Amontons | -5.3 | 46.8 | 2 | Guillaume; French physicist (1663-1705). |
| Amundsen | -84.3 | 85.6 | 101 | Roald Engelbregt Gravning; Norwegian explorer (1872-1928). |
| Anaxagoras | 73.4 | -10.1 | 50 | Greek astronomer (500-428 B.C.). |
| Anaximander | 66.9 | -51.3 | 67 | Greek astronomer (c. 611-547 B.C.). |
| Anaximenes | 72.5 | -44.5 | 80 | Greek astronomer (585-528 B.C.). |
| Andel | -10.4 | 12.4 | 35 | Karel; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1884-1948). |
| Anders | -41.3 | -142.9 | 40 | William Alison; American astronaut (1933-Live). |
| Anderson | 15.8 | 171.1 | 109 | John August; American astronomer (1876-1959). |
| Andersson | -49.7 | -95.3 | 13 | Leif Erland; American astronomer (1943-1979). |
| Andronov | -22.7 | 146.1 | 16 | Aleksandr Aleksandrovich; Soviet physicist (1901-1952). |
| Ango | 20.5 | -32.3 | 1 | African male name. |
| Angstrom | 29.9 | -41.6 | 9 | Anders Jonas; Swedish physicist (1814-1874). |
| Ann | 25.1 | -0.1 | 3 | Hebrew female name. |
| Annegrit | 29.4 | -25.6 | 1 | German female name. |
| Ansgarius | -12.7 | 79.7 | 94 | St. Ansgar; German theologian (801-864). |
| Antoniadi | -69.7 | -172 | 143 | Eugene Michael; Turkish-born French astronomer (1870-1944). |
| Anuchin | -49 | 101.3 | 57 | Dimitrii Nikolaevich; Russian geographer (1843-1923). |
| Anville | 1.9 | 49.5 | 10 | Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon; French cartographer (1697-1782). |
| Apianus | -26.9 | 7.9 | 63 | Bienewitz, Peter; German mathematician, astronomer (1495-1552). |
| Apollo | -36.1 | -151.8 | 537 | Named to honor Apollo missions. |
| Apollonius | 4.5 | 61.1 | 53 | Apollonius of Perga; Greek mathematician (c. 262-190 B.C.). |
| Appleton | 37.2 | 158.3 | 63 | Sir Edward Victor; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1892-1965). |
| Arago | 6.2 | 21.4 | 26 | Dominique Francois Jean; French astronomer (1786-1853). |
| Aratus | 23.6 | 4.5 | 10 | Aratus of Soli; Greek astronomer (c. 310-240/239 B.C.). |
| Archimedes | 29.7 | -4 | 82 | Greek physicist, mathematician (c. 287-212 B.C.). |
| Archytas | 58.7 | 5 | 31 | Greek mathematician (428-347 B.C. ?). |
| Argelander | -16.5 | 5.8 | 34 | Friedrich Wilhelm August; German astronomer (1799-1875). |
| Ariadaeus | 4.6 | 17.3 | 11 | Philip III of Macedonia; chronologer (c. 358-317 B.C.). |
| [Ariosto] | -3.6 | 95.6 | 23 | Ludovico; Italian writer (1474-1533). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hirayama C. |
| Aristarchus | 23.7 | -47.4 | 40 | Greek astronomer (310-230 B.C. ?). |
| Aristillus | 33.9 | 1.2 | 55 | Greek astronomer (fl. c. 280 B.C.). |
| Aristoteles | 50.2 | 17.4 | 87 | Greek astronomer, philosopher (383-322 B.C.). |
| Arminski | -16.4 | 154.2 | 26 | Franciszek; Polish astronomer (1789-1848). (Spelling changed from Armínski.) |
| Armstrong | 1.4 | 25 | 4 | Neil Alden; American astronaut (1930-Live). |
| Arnold | 66.8 | 35.9 | 94 | Christoph; German astronomer (1650-1695). |
| Arrhenius | -55.6 | -91.3 | 40 | Svante August; Swedish chemist; Nobel laureate (1859-1927). |
| Artamonov | 25.5 | 103.5 | 60 | Nikolaj N.; Soviet rocket scientist (1906-1965). |
| Artem'ev | 10.8 | -144.4 | 67 | Vladimir Andreevich; Soviet rocket scientist (1885-1962). |
| Artemis | 25 | -25.4 | 2 | Greek Moon goddess. |
| Artsimovich | 27.6 | -36.6 | 8 | Lev Andreevich; Soviet physicist (1909-1973). |
| Aryabhata | 6.2 | 35.1 | 22 | Aryabhata I; Indian astronomer, mathematician (476-c.550). |
| Arzachel | -18.2 | -1.9 | 96 | Al-Zarqali; Spanish-Arabic astronomer (died 1100). |
| Asada | 7.3 | 49.9 | 12 | Goryu; Japanese astronomer (1734-1799). |
| Asclepi | -55.1 | 25.4 | 42 | Giuseppe Maria; Italian astronomer (1706-1776). |
| Ashbrook | -81.4 | -112.5 | 156 | Joseph; American astronomer (1918-1980). Note: Formerly Drygalski Q. |
| Aston | 32.9 | -87.7 | 43 | Francis William; British chemist, physicist; Nobel laureate (1877-1945). |
| Atlas | 46.7 | 44.4 | 87 | Mythological Greek Titan. |
| Atwood | -5.8 | 57.7 | 29 | George; British mathematician, physicist (1746-1807). |
| [Austen] | -9 | 93.6 | 28 | Jane; British author (1775-1817). The approved name for this feature is Hirayama M. |
| Autolycus | 30.7 | 1.5 | 39 | Autolycus of Pitane; Greek astronomer (fl. c. 310 B.C.). |
| Auwers | 15.1 | 17.2 | 20 | Georg Friedrich Julius Arthur; German astronomer (1838-1915). |
| Auzout | 10.3 | 64.1 | 32 | Adrien; French astronomer, physicist (1622-1691). |
| Avery | -1.4 | 81.4 | 9 | Oswald Theodore; Canadian doctor (1877-1955). |
| Avicenna | 39.7 | -97.2 | 74 | Abu Ali Al-Hussein Ibn Abdallah; Persian doctor (980-1037). |
| Avogadro | 63.1 | 164.9 | 139 | Amedeo (Conte Di Quarengna); Italian physicist (1776-1856). |
| Azophi | -22.1 | 12.7 | 47 | Al-Sufi, Abderrahman; Persian astronomer (903-986). |
| Baade | -44.8 | -81.8 | 55 | Wilhelm Heinrich Walter; American astronomer (1893-1960). |
| Babakin | -20.8 | 123.3 | 20 | Georgii Nikolaevich; Soviet space scientist (1914-1971). |
| Babbage | 59.7 | -57.1 | 143 | Charles; British mathematician (1792-1871). |
| Babcock | 4.2 | 93.9 | 99 | Harold Delos; American astronomer, physicist (1882-1968). |
| Back | 1.1 | 80.7 | 35 | Ernst Emil Alexander; German physicist (1881-1959). |
| Backlund | -16 | 103 | 75 | Jons Oskar; Russian astronomer (1846-1916). |
| Baco | -51 | 19.1 | 69 | Roger; British natural philosopher, optician (c. 1214-c. 1294). |
| Baillaud | 74.6 | 37.5 | 89 | (Edouard) Benjamin; French astronomer (1848-1934). |
| Bailly | -66.5 | -69.1 | 287 | Jean Sylvain; French astronomer (1736-1793). |
| Baily | 49.7 | 30.4 | 26 | Francis; British astronomer (1774-1844). |
| Balandin | -18.9 | 152.6 | 12 | Aleksey Aleksandrovich; Soviet chemist (1898-1967). |
| Balboa | 19.1 | -83.2 | 69 | Vasco Nunez de; Spanish explorer (1475-1519). |
| Baldet | -53.3 | -151.1 | 55 | Fernand; French astronomer (1885-1964). |
| Ball | -35.9 | -8.4 | 41 | William; British astronomer (unkn-1690). |
| Balmer | -20.3 | 69.8 | 138 | Johann Jakob; Swiss mathematician, physician (1825-1898). |
| [Balzac] | -8 | 95 | 39 | Honore de; French author (1799-1850). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hirayama K. |
| Banachiewicz | 5.2 | 80.1 | 92 | Tadeusz; Polish astronomer, mathematician (1882-1954). |
| Bancroft | 28 | -6.4 | 13 | Wilder Dwight; American chemist (1867-1953). |
| Banting | 26.6 | 16.4 | 5 | Sir Frederick Grant; Canadian doctor; Nobel laureate (1891-1941). |
| Barbier | -23.8 | 157.9 | 66 | Daniel; French astronomer (1907-1965). |
| Barkla | -10.7 | 67.2 | 42 | Charles Glover; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1877-1944). |
| Barnard | -29.5 | 85.6 | 105 | Edward Emerson; American astronomer (1857-1923). |
| Barocius | -44.9 | 16.8 | 82 | Francesco; Italian mathematician (1537-1604). |
| Barringer | -28 | -149.7 | 68 | Daniel Moreau; American engineer, geologist (1860-1929). |
| Barrow | 71.3 | 7.7 | 92 | Isaac; British mathematician (1630-1677). |
| Bartels | 24.5 | -89.8 | 55 | Julius; German geophysicist (1899-1964). |
| [Baudelaire] | -23.2 | 123.1 | 15 | Pierre Charles; French poet (1821-1867). Note: This name was never approved by the IAU. |
| Bawa | -25.3 | 102.6 | 1 | African male name. |
| Bayer | -51.6 | -35 | 47 | Johann; German astronomer (1572-1625). |
| Beals | 37.3 | 86.5 | 48 | Carlyle Smith; Canadian astronomer (1899-1979). Note: Formerly Riemann A |
| Beaumont | -18 | 28.8 | 53 | Jean-Baptiste-Armand-Louis-Léonce Élie de; French geologist (1798-1874). |
| Becquerel | 40.7 | 129.7 | 65 | Antoine-Henri; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1908). |
| Becvar | -1.9 | 125.2 | 67 | Antonin; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1901-1965). |
| Beer | 27.1 | -9.1 | 9 | Wilhelm; German astronomer (1797-1850). |
| Behaim | -16.5 | 79.4 | 55 | Martin; German navigator, cartographer (1459-1507). |
| Beijerinck | -13.5 | 151.8 | 70 | Martinus Willem; Dutch botanist (1851-1931). |
| Beketov | 16.3 | 29.2 | 8 | Nikolai Nikolaevich; Russian chemist (1827-1911). |
| Bel'kovich | 61.1 | 90.2 | 214 | Igor V.; Soviet astronomer (1904-1949). |
| Bela | 24.7 | 2.3 | 11 | Slavic female name. |
| Bell | 21.8 | -96.4 | 86 | Alexander Graham; Scottish-American inventor (1847-1922). |
| Bellinsgauzen (Bellingshausen) | -60.6 | -164.6 | 63 | Faddei Faddeevich; Russian explorer (1778-1852). |
| Bellot | -12.4 | 48.2 | 17 | Joseph Rene; French explorer (1826-1853). |
| Belopol'skiy | -17.2 | -128.1 | 59 | Aristarch Apollonovich; Russian astronomer (1854-1934). |
| Belyaev | 23.3 | 143.5 | 54 | Pavel Ivanovich; Soviet cosmonaut (1925-1970). |
| Benedict | 4.4 | 141.5 | 14 | Francis Gano; American chemist, physiologist (1870-1957). |
| Bergman | 7 | 137.5 | 21 | Torbern Olof; Swedish chemist, mineralogist, astronomer (1735-1784). |
| Bergstrand | -18.8 | 176.3 | 43 | Carl Osten Emanuel; Swedish astronomer (1873-1948). |
| Berkner | 25.2 | -105.2 | 86 | Lloyd Viel; American geophysicist (1905-1967). |
| Berlage | -63.2 | -162.8 | 92 | Hendrik Petrus; Dutch geophysicist, meteorologist (1896-1968). |
| [Bernini] | 14.9 | 30 | 7 | Gianlorenzo; Italian artist (1598-1680). Note: The approved name for this feature is Jansen L. |
| Bernoulli | 35 | 60.7 | 47 | Jacques; Swiss mathematician (1654-1705); Jean; Swiss mathematician (1667-1748). (Spelling changed from Bernouilli.) |
| Berosus | 33.5 | 69.9 | 74 | Berosus the Chaldean; Babylonian astronomer (unkn-c. 250 B.C.). |
| Berzelius | 36.6 | 50.9 | 50 | Jons Jacob; Swedish chemist (1779-1848). |
| Bessarion | 14.9 | -37.3 | 10 | John; Greek scholar (1403-1472). |
| Bessel | 21.8 | 17.9 | 15 | Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1784-1846). |
| Bettinus | -63.4 | -44.8 | 71 | Mario; Italian mathematician, astronomer (1582-1657). |
| Bhabha | -55.1 | -164.5 | 64 | Homi Jehangir; Indian physicist (1909-1966). |
| Bianchini | 48.7 | -34.3 | 38 | Francesco; Italian astronomer (1662-1729). |
| Biela | -54.9 | 51.3 | 76 | Wilhelm von; Austrian astronomer (1782-1856). |
| Bilharz | -5.8 | 56.3 | 43 | Theodor; German doctor, zoologist (1825-1862). |
| Billy | -13.8 | -50.1 | 45 | Jacques de; French mathematician (1602-1679). |
| Bingham | 8.1 | 115.1 | 33 | Hiram; American explorer (1875-1956). |
| Biot | -22.6 | 51.1 | 12 | Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer (1774-1862). |
| Birkeland | -30.2 | 173.9 | 82 | Olaf Kristian; Norwegian physicist (1867-1917). |
| Birkhoff | 58.7 | -146.1 | 345 | George David; American mathematician (1884-1944). |
| Birmingham | 65.1 | -10.5 | 92 | John; Irish astronomer (1816-1884). |
| Birt | -22.4 | -8.5 | 16 | William R.; British selenographer (1804-1881). |
| Bjerknes | -38.4 | 113 | 48 | Vilhelm Friman Koren; Norwegian physicist (1862-1951). |
| Black | -9.2 | 80.4 | 18 | Joseph; French chemist (1728-1799). |
| Blackett | -37.5 | -116.1 | 141 | Patrick Maynard Stuart; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1897-1974). |
| Blagg | 1.3 | 1.5 | 5 | Mary Adela; British astronomer (1858-1944). |
| Blancanus | -63.8 | -21.4 | 117 | Biancani, Giuseppe; Italian mathematician, astronomer (1566-1624). |
| Blanchard | -58.5 | -94.4 | 40 | Jean-Pierre-François; French aeronaut (1753-1809). Note: Formerly Arrhenius P |
| Blanchinus | -25.4 | 2.5 | 61 | Bianchini, Giovanni; Italian astronomer (unkn-fl. 1458). |
| Blazhko | 31.6 | -148 | 54 | Sergei Nikolaevich; Soviet astronomer (1870-1956). |
| Bliss | 53 | -13.5 | 20 | Nathaniel; English Astronomer Royal (1700-1764). Note: Formerly Plato A |
| Bobillier | 19.6 | 15.5 | 6 | Etienne; French geometer (1798-1840). |
| Bobone | 26.9 | -131.8 | 31 | Jorge; Argentinean astronomer (1901-1958). |
| Bode | 6.7 | -2.4 | 18 | Johann Elert; German astronomer (1747-1826). |
| Boethius | 5.6 | 72.3 | 10 | Anicius Manlius Severinus; Roman scholar(c. A.D. 470-524). |
| Boguslawsky | -72.9 | 43.2 | 97 | Palm Heinrich Ludwig von; German astronomer (1789-1851). |
| Bohnenberger | -16.2 | 40 | 33 | Johann Gottlieb Friedrich Von; German astronomer (1765-1831). |
| Bohr | 12.4 | -86.6 | 71 | Niels Henrik David; Danish physicist; Nobel laureate (1885-1962). |
| Bok | -20.2 | -171.6 | 45 | Priscilla Fairfield; American astronomer (1896-1975), Bart Jan; Dutch-American astronomer (1906-1983). |
| Boltzmann | -74.9 | -90.7 | 76 | Ludwig Eduard; Austrian physicist (1844-1906). |
| Bolyai | -33.6 | 125.9 | 135 | Janos; Hungarian mathematician (1802-1860). |
| Bombelli | 5.3 | 56.2 | 10 | Rafael; Italian mathematician (1526-1572). |
| Bondarenko | -17.8 | 136.3 | 30 | Valentin Vasilyevich; Soviet student-cosmonaut (1937-1961). Note: Formerly Patsaev G |
| Bonpland | -8.3 | -17.4 | 60 | Aime-Jacques-Alexandre; French botanist (1773-1858). |
| Boole | 63.7 | -87.4 | 63 | George; British mathematician (1815-1864). |
| Borda | -25.1 | 46.6 | 44 | Jean Charles de; French astronomer (1733-1799). |
| Borel | 22.3 | 26.4 | 4 | Felix Edouard Emile; French mathematician (1871-1956). |
| Boris | 30.6 | -33.5 | 1 | Russian male name. |
| Borman | -38.8 | -147.7 | 50 | Frank; American astronaut, engineer (1928-Live). |
| Born | -6 | 66.8 | 14 | Max; German physicist (1882-1970). |
| Boscovich | 9.8 | 11.1 | 46 | Rudjer J.; Italian physicist (1711-1787). |
| Bose | -53.5 | -170 | 91 | Jagadis Chandra; Indian botanist, physicist (1858-1937). |
| Boss | 45.8 | 89.2 | 47 | Lewis; American astronomer (1846-1912). |
| Bouguer | 52.3 | -35.8 | 22 | Pierre; French hydrographer (1698-1758). |
| Boussingault | -70.2 | 54.6 | 142 | Jean Baptiste Dieudonne; French chemist (1802-1887). |
| Bowditch | -25 | 103.1 | 40 | Nathaniel; American astronomer, mathematician (1773-1848). |
| Bowen | 17.6 | 9.1 | 8 | Ira Sprague; American astronomer (1898-1973). |
| Boyle | -53.1 | 178.1 | 57 | Robert; British natural philosopher, chemist (1627-1691). |
| Brackett | 17.9 | 23.6 | 8 | Frederick Sumner; American physicist (1896-1988). |
| Bragg | 42.5 | -102.9 | 84 | Sir William Henry; Australian physicist; Nobel laureate (1862-1942). |
| Brashear | -73.8 | -170.7 | 55 | John Alfred; American astronomer (1840-1920). |
| Brayley | 20.9 | -36.9 | 14 | Edward William; British geographer (1801-1870). |
| Bredikhin | 17.3 | -158.2 | 59 | Fedor Aleksandrovich; Russian astronomer (1831-1904). |
| Breislak | -48.2 | 18.3 | 49 | Scipione; Italian chemist, geologist, mathematician (1748-1826). |
| Brenner | -39 | 39.3 | 97 | Leo (Spiridon Gopcevic); Austrian astronomer (1855-1928). |
| Brewster | 23.3 | 34.7 | 10 | David; Scottish optician (1781-1868). |
| Brianchon | 75 | -86.2 | 134 | Charles-Julien; French mathematician (1783-1864). |
| Bridgman | 43.5 | 137.1 | 80 | Percy Williams; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1882-1961). |
| Briggs | 26.5 | -69.1 | 37 | Henry; British mathematician (1561-1630). |
| Brisbane | -49.1 | 68.5 | 44 | Sir Thomas Makdougall; Scottish astronomer (1773-1860). |
| Bronk | 26.1 | -134.5 | 64 | Detlev Wulf; American neurophysiologist (1897-1975). |
| Brouwer | -36.2 | -126 | 158 | Dirk; American astronomer (1902-1966); Luitzen Egbertus Jan; Dutch mathematician (1881-1966). |
| Brown | -46.4 | -17.9 | 34 | Ernest William; British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1938). |
| Bruce | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6 | Catherine Wolfe; American philanthropist, astronomy patron (1816-1900). |
| Brunner | -9.9 | 90.9 | 53 | William Otto; Swiss astronomer (1878-1958). |
| Buch | -38.8 | 17.7 | 53 | Christian Leopold von; German geologist (1774-1853). |
| Buffon | -40.4 | -133.4 | 106 | Georges Louis Leclerc; French natural historian (1707-1788). |
| Buisson | -1.4 | 112.5 | 56 | Henri; French physicist, astronomer (1873-1944). |
| Bullialdus | -20.7 | -22.2 | 60 | Boulliau, Ismael; French astronomer (1605-1694). |
| Bunsen | 41.4 | -85.3 | 52 | Robert Wilhelm Eberhard; German chemist (1811-1899). |
| Burckhardt | 31.1 | 56.5 | 56 | Johann Karl; German astronomer (1773-1825). |
| Bürg | 45 | 28.2 | 39 | Johann Tobias; Austrian astronomer (1766-1834). |
| Burnham | -13.9 | 7.3 | 24 | Sherburne Wesley; American astronomer (1838-1921). |
| Büsching | -38 | 20 | 52 | Anton Friedrich; German geographer (1724-1793). |
| Butlerov | 12.5 | -108.7 | 40 | Aleksandr Mikhailovich; Russian chemist (1828-1886). |
| Buys-Ballot | 20.8 | 174.5 | 55 | Christoph Hendrik Diederik; Dutch meteorologist (1817-1890). |
| Byrd | 85.3 | 9.8 | 93 | Richard Edwin; American explorer, aviator, navigator (1888-1957). |
| Byrgius | -24.7 | -65.3 | 87 | Burgi, Joost; Swiss horologist (1552-1632). |
| C. Herschel | 34.5 | -31.2 | 13 | Caroline Lucretia; British astronomer (1750-1848). |
| C. Mayer | 63.2 | 17.3 | 38 | Christian; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1719-1783). |
| Cabannes | -60.9 | -169.6 | 80 | Jean; French physicist (1885-1959). |
| Cabeus | -84.9 | -35.5 | 98 | Cabeo, Niccolo; Italian astronomer (1586-1650). |
| Cailleux | -60.8 | 153.3 | 50 | Andre; French geologist (1907-1986). Note: Formerly Poincare R. |
| Cajal | 12.6 | 31.1 | 9 | Santiago Ramon Y; Spanish doctor; Nobel laureate (1852-1934). |
| Cajori | -47.4 | 168.8 | 70 | Florian; American mathematician (1859-1930). |
| Calippus | 38.9 | 10.7 | 32 | Calippus of Cyzicus; Greek astronomer (c. 370 B.C.). Note: Alternate spelling is Callippus. |
| Cameron | 6.2 | 45.9 | 10 | Robert Curry; American astronomer (1925-1972). |
| [Camoens] | 0.8 | 84.9 | 33 | Luis de; Portuguese author (1524-1530). |
| Campanus | -28 | -27.8 | 48 | Campanus of Navara; Italian astronomer (c. 1200-1296). |
| Campbell | 45.3 | 151.4 | 219 | Leon; American astronomer (1881-1951); William Wallace; American astronomer (1862-1938). |
| Cannizzaro | 55.6 | -99.6 | 56 | Stanislao; Italian chemist (1826-1910). |
| Cannon | 19.9 | 81.4 | 56 | Annie Jump; American astronomer (1863-1941). |
| Cantor | 38.2 | 118.6 | 81 | Georg; German mathematician (1845-1918); Moritz; German mathematician (1829-1920). |
| Capella | -7.5 | 35 | 49 | Martianus; Roman astronomer (c. A.D. 400-unkn). |
| Capuanus | -34.1 | -26.7 | 59 | Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia; Italian astronomer (c. 1400-unkn). |
| Cardanus | 13.2 | -72.5 | 49 | Cardano, Girolamo; Italian mathematician (1501-1576). |
| Carlini | 33.7 | -24.1 | 10 | Francesco; Italian astronomer (1783-1862). |
| Carlos | 24.9 | 2.3 | 4 | Spanish male name. |
| Carmichael | 19.6 | 40.4 | 20 | Leonard; American psychologist (1898-1973). |
| Carnot | 52.3 | -143.5 | 126 | Nicolas-Leonard Sadi; French physicist (1796-1832). |
| Carol | 8.5 | 122.3 | 8 | Latin female name. |
| Carpenter | 69.4 | -50.9 | 59 | James; British astronomer (1840-1899); Edwin Francis; American astronomer (1898-1963). |
| Carrel | 10.7 | 26.7 | 15 | Alexis; French doctor, physiologist; Nobel laureate (1873-1944). |
| Carrillo | -2.2 | 80.9 | 16 | Flores Nabor; Mexican soil engineer (1911-1967). |
| Carrington | 44 | 62.1 | 30 | Richard Christopher; British astronomer (1826-1875). |
| Cartan | 4.2 | 59.3 | 15 | Elie-Joseph; French mathematician (1869-1951). |
| Carver | -43 | 126.9 | 59 | George Washington; American botanist (1864-1943). |
| Casatus | -72.8 | -29.5 | 108 | Casati, Paolo; Italian mathematician (1617-1707). |
| Cassegrain | -52.4 | 113.5 | 55 | Laurent; French astronomer, doctor (1629-1693). |
| Cassini | 40.2 | 4.6 | 56 | Giovanni Domenico; Italian-French astronomer (1625-1712); Jacques; French astronomer (1677-1756). |
| Catalan | -45.7 | -87.3 | 25 | Miguel Antonio; Spanish spectroscopist (1894-1957). |
| Catharina | -18.1 | 23.4 | 104 | St. Catherine of Alexandria; Greek theologian, philosopher (unkn-c. 307). |
| Cauchy | 9.6 | 38.6 | 12 | Augustin Louis; French mathematician (1789-1857). |
| Cavalerius | 5.1 | -66.8 | 57 | Cavalieri, Buonaventura; Italian mathematician (1598-1647). |
| Cavendish | -24.5 | -53.7 | 56 | Henry; British chemist, physicist (1731-1810). |
| Caventou | 29.8 | -29.4 | 3 | Joseph-Bienaime; French chemist, pharmacologist (1795-1877). |
| Cayley | 4 | 15.1 | 14 | Arthur; British astronomer, mathematician (1821-1895). |
| [Cellini] | -7.8 | 83 | 34 | Benvenuto; Italian artist, writer (1500-1571). Note: The approved name for this feature is Kastner S. |
| Celsius | -34.1 | 20.1 | 36 | Anders; Swedish astronomer (1701-1744). |
| Censorinus | -0.4 | 32.7 | 3 | Roman astronomer (fl. A.D. 238). |
| Cepheus | 40.8 | 45.8 | 39 | Mythological astronomer, father of Andromeda. |
| [Cervantes] | -3.4 | 99.2 | 25 | Miguel De; Spanish writer (1547-1616). Note: The approved name for this feature is Wyld J. |
| Chacornac | 29.8 | 31.7 | 51 | Jean; French astronomer (1823-1873). |
| Chadwick | -52.7 | -101.3 | 30 | Sir James; British physicist (1891-1974). Note: Formerly De Roy X |
| Chaffee | -38.8 | -153.9 | 49 | Roger Bruce; American aeronautic engineer, astronaut (1935-1967). |
| Challis | 79.5 | 9.2 | 55 | James; British astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1803-1862). |
| Chalonge | -21.2 | -117.3 | 30 | Daniel; French astronomer (1895-1977). Note: Formerly Lewis R. |
| Chamberlin | -58.9 | 95.7 | 58 | Thomas Chrowder; American geologist (1843-1928). |
| Champollion | 37.4 | 175.2 | 58 | Jean-François; French egyptologist (1790-1832). |
| Chandler | 43.8 | 171.5 | 85 | Seth Carlo; American astronomer (1846-1913). |
| Chang Heng | 19 | 112.2 | 43 | Chinese astronomer (78-139). |
| Chang-Ngo | -12.7 | -2.1 | 3 | Chinese female name. |
| Chant | -40 | -109.2 | 33 | Clarence Augustus; Canadian astronomer, physicist (1865-1956). |
| Chaplygin | -6.2 | 150.3 | 137 | Sergei Alekseevich; Soviet mathematician, engineer (1869-1942). |
| Chapman | 50.4 | -100.7 | 71 | Sydney; British geophysicist (1888-1970). |
| Chappe | -61.2 | -91.5 | 59 | d'Auteroche, Jean-Baptiste; French astronomer (1728-1769). Note: Formerly Hausen A |
| Chappell | 54.7 | -177 | 80 | James F.; American astronomer (1891-1964). |
| Charles | 29.9 | -26.4 | 1 | French male name. |
| Charlier | 36.6 | -131.5 | 99 | Carl Wilhelm Ludwig; Swedish astronomer (1862-1934). |
| Chaucer | 3.7 | -140 | 45 | Geoffrey; British writer, astronomer (c. 1340-1400). |
| Chauvenet | -11.5 | 137 | 81 | William; American astronomer, mathematician (1820-1870). |
| Chawla | -42.8 | -147.5 | 15 | Kalpana; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist (1961-2003). |
| Chebyshev | -33.7 | -133.1 | 178 | Pafnuty Lvovich; Russian mathematician (1821-1894). |
| [Chekov] | -6.6 | 82 | 0 | Anton Pavlovich; Russian author (1860-1904). Note: The IAU-approved name for this feature is Kastner R. |
| [Chenier] | -17.7 | 132.4 | 33 | Andre Marie; French poet (1762-1794). Note: The approved name for this feature is Patsaev. |
| Chernyshev | 47.3 | 174.2 | 58 | Nikolaj G.; Soviet rocketry engineer (1906-1963). |
| Chevallier | 44.9 | 51.2 | 52 | Temple; British astronomer (1794-1873). |
| Ching-Te | 20 | 30 | 4 | Chinese male name. |
| Chladni | 4 | 1.1 | 13 | Ernst Florens Friedrich; German physicist (1756-1827). |
| Chretien | -45.9 | 162.9 | 88 | Henri; French mathematician, astronomer (1870-1956). |
| Cichus | -33.3 | -21.1 | 40 | Francesco Degli Stabili (Cecco D'Ascoli); Italian astronomer (1257-1327). |
| Clairaut | -47.7 | 13.9 | 75 | Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765). |
| Clark | -38.4 | 118.9 | 49 | Alvan; American astronomer (1804-1887); Alvan G.; American astronomer, optician (1832-1897). |
| Clausius | -36.9 | -43.8 | 24 | Rudolf Julius Emmanuel; German physicist (1822-1888). |
| Clavius | -58.8 | -14.1 | 245 | Christopher Klau; German mathematician (1537-1612). |
| Cleomedes | 27.7 | 56 | 125 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 50 B.C.). |
| Cleostratus | 60.4 | -77 | 62 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 500 B.C.). |
| Clerke | 21.7 | 29.8 | 6 | Agnes Mary; British astronomer (1842-1907). |
| Coblentz | -37.9 | 126.1 | 33 | William Weber; American physicist, astronomer (1873-1962). |
| Cockcroft | 31.3 | -162.6 | 93 | Sir John Douglas; British nuclear physicist; Nobel laureate (1897-1967). |
| Collins | 1.3 | 23.7 | 2 | Michael; American astronaut (1930-Live). |
| Colombo | -15.1 | 45.8 | 76 | Columbus, Christopher; Spanish explorer (1451-1506). |
| Compton | 55.3 | 103.8 | 162 | Arthur Holly; American physicist, Nobel laureate (1892-1962); Karl Taylor; American physicist (1887-1954). |
| Comrie | 23.3 | -112.7 | 59 | Leslie John; British astronomer (1893-1950). |
| Comstock | 21.8 | -121.5 | 72 | George Cary; American astronomer (1855-1934). |
| Condon | 1.9 | 60.4 | 34 | Edward Uhler; American physicist (1902-1974). |
| Condorcet | 12.1 | 69.6 | 74 | Jean de; French mathematician (1743-1794). |
| Congreve | -0.2 | -167.3 | 57 | Sir William; British rocket engineer, inventor (1772-1828). |
| Conon | 21.6 | 2 | 21 | Conon of Samos; Greek astronomer (c. 260 B.C.). |
| Cook | -17.5 | 48.9 | 46 | James; British explorer (1728-1779). |
| Cooper | 52.9 | 175.6 | 36 | John Cobb; American jurist, scholar (1887-1967). |
| Copernicus | 9.7 | -20.1 | 93 | Nicholas; Polish astronomer (1473-1543). |
| Cori | -50.6 | -151.9 | 65 | Gerty Theresa Radnitz; Czech-American physiologist; Nobel laureate (1896-1957). |
| Coriolis | 0.1 | 171.8 | 78 | Gaspard-Gustave de; French physicist (1792-1843). |
| [Corneille] | 12.3 | 134.8 | 35 | Pierre; French dramatist (1606-1684). Note: The IAU-approved name for this feature is Chauvenet S. |
| Couder | -4.8 | -92.4 | 21 | Andre; French astronomer (1897-1979). Note: Formerly Maunder Z |
| Coulomb | 54.7 | -114.6 | 89 | Charles-Augustin de; French physicist (1736-1806). |
| Courtney | 25.1 | -30.8 | 1 | English male name. |
| Cremona | 67.5 | -90.6 | 85 | Antonio Luigi Gaudenzio Guiseppe; Italian mathematician (1830-1903). |
| Crile | 14.2 | 46 | 9 | George Washington; American doctor (1864-1943). |
| Crocco | -47.5 | 150.2 | 75 | Gaetano Arturo; Italian aeronautical engineer (1877-1968). |
| Crommelin | -68.1 | -146.9 | 94 | Andrew Claude De La Cherois; British astronomer (1865-1939). |
| Crookes | -10.3 | -164.5 | 49 | Sir William; British physicist, chemist (1832-1919). |
| Crozier | -13.5 | 50.8 | 22 | Francis Rawdon Moira; British explorer (1796-1848). |
| Cruger | -16.7 | -66.8 | 45 | Peter; German mathematician (1580-1639). |
| Ctesibius | 0.8 | 118.7 | 36 | Egyptian physicist (unkn-c. 100 B.C.). |
| Curie | -22.9 | 91 | 151 | Pierre; French physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1859-1906). |
| Curtis | 14.6 | 56.6 | 2 | Heber Doust; American astronomer (1872-1942). |
| Curtius | -67.2 | 4.4 | 95 | Curtz, Albert; German astronomer (1600-1671). |
| Cusanus | 72 | 70.8 | 63 | Nikolaus Krebs; German mathematician, philosopher (1401-1464). |
| Cuvier | -50.3 | 9.9 | 75 | Georges; French natural scientist, paleontologist (1769-1832). |
| Cyrano | -20.5 | 157.7 | 80 | Cyrano De Bergerac Savinien; French writer (1615-1655). |
| Cyrillus | -13.2 | 24 | 98 | Saint Cyril; Egyptian theologian, chronologist (unkn-A.D. 444). |
| Cysatus | -66.2 | -6.1 | 48 | Cysat, Jean-Baptiste; Swiss mathematician, astronomer (1588-1657). |
| D'Alembert | 50.8 | 163.9 | 248 | Jean-Le-Rond; French mathematician, physicist (1717-1783). |
| D'Arrest | 2.3 | 14.7 | 30 | Heinrich Louis; German astronomer (1822-1875). |
| D'Arsonval | -10.3 | 124.6 | 28 | Jacques Arsene; French physicist (1851-1940). |
| D. Brown | -42 | -147.2 | 15 | David McDowell; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist (1956-2003). |
| da Vinci | 9.1 | 45 | 37 | Leonardo; Italian artist, inventor, mathematician (1452-1519). |
| Daedalus | -5.9 | 179.4 | 93 | Greek mythological character. |
| Dag | 18.7 | 5.3 | 0.5 | Scandinavian male name. |
| Daguerre | -11.9 | 33.6 | 46 | Louis-Jacques-Mande; French artist, chemist, photographer (1789-1851). |
| Dale | -9.6 | 82.9 | 22 | Sir Henry Hallett; British physiologist; Nobel laureate (1875-1968). |
| Dalton | 17.1 | -84.3 | 60 | John; British chemist, physicist (1766-1844). |
| Daly | 5.7 | 59.6 | 17 | Reginald Aldworth; Canadian-born American geologist (1871-1957). |
| Damoiseau | -4.8 | -61.1 | 36 | Baron Marie-Charles-Theodor de; French astronomer (1768-1846). |
| Daniell | 35.3 | 31.1 | 29 | John Frederick; British physicist, chemist, meteorologist (1790-1845). |
| Danjon | -11.4 | 124 | 71 | Andre; French astronomer (1890-1967). |
| Dante | 25.5 | 180 | 54 | Alighieri; Italian poet (1265-1321). |
| [Dario] | -11.3 | 90.7 | 19 | Ruben; Nicaraguan author (1867-1916). Note: The approved name for this feature is Brunner N. |
| Darney | -14.5 | -23.5 | 15 | Maurice; French astronomer (1882-1958). |
| Darwin | -20.2 | -69.5 | 120 | Charles; British natural scientist (1809-1882). |
| Das | -26.6 | -136.8 | 38 | Amil Kumar; Indian astronomer (1902-1961). |
| Daubree | 15.7 | 14.7 | 14 | Gabriel-Auguste; French geologist (1814-1896). |
| Davisson | -37.5 | -174.6 | 87 | Clinton Joseph; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1881-1958). |
| Davy | -11.8 | -8.1 | 34 | Humphry; British physicist (1778-1829). |
| Dawes | 17.2 | 26.4 | 18 | William Rutter; British astronomer (1799-1868). |
| Dawson | -67.4 | -134.7 | 45 | Bernhard Hildebrandt; Argentinean astronomer (1890-1960). |
| De Forest | -77.3 | -162.1 | 57 | Lee; American inventor (1873-1961). |
| de Gasparis | -25.9 | -50.7 | 30 | Annibale; Italian astronomer (1819-1892). |
| de Gerlache | -88.5 | -87.1 | 32.4 | Adrien; Belgian Antarctic explorer (1866-1934). |
| De La Rue | 59.1 | 52.3 | 134 | Warren; British astronomer (1815-1889). |
| De Moraes | 49.5 | 143.2 | 53 | Abraao de; Brazilian astronomer (1916-1970). |
| De Morgan | 3.3 | 14.9 | 10 | Augustus; British mathematician (1806-1871). |
| De Roy | -55.3 | -99.1 | 43 | Felix; Belgian astronomer (1883-1942). |
| De Sitter | 80.1 | 39.6 | 64 | Willem; Dutch astronomer (1872-1934). |
| De Vico | -19.7 | -60.2 | 20 | Francesco; Italian astronomer (1805-1848). |
| De Vries | -19.9 | -176.7 | 59 | Hugo Marie; Dutch botanist (1848-1935). |
| Debes | 29.5 | 51.7 | 30 | Ernest; German cartographer (1840-1923). |
| Debus | -10.5 | 99.6 | 20 | Kurt Heinrich; German physicist (1908-1983). Note: Formerly Ganskiy H |
| Debye | 49.6 | -176.2 | 142 | Peter Joseph William; Dutch physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1884-1966). |
| Dechen | 46.1 | -68.2 | 12 | Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-1889). |
| [Defoe] | -6 | 80.5 | 18 | Daniel; British author (c. 1661-1731). Note: The approved name for this feature is Kastner B. |
| Delambre | -1.9 | 17.5 | 51 | Jean-Baptiste Joseph; French astronomer (1749-1822). |
| Delaunay | -22.2 | 2.5 | 46 | Charles-Eugene; French astronomer (1816-1872). |
| Delia | -10.9 | -6.1 | 2 | Greek female name. |
| Delisle | 29.9 | -34.6 | 25 | Joseph Nicolas; French astronomer (1688-1768). |
| Dellinger | -6.8 | 140.6 | 81 | John Howard; American physicist (1886-1962). |
| Delmotte | 27.1 | 60.2 | 32 | Gabriel; French astronomer (1876-1950). |
| Delporte | -16 | 121.6 | 45 | Eugene Joseph; Belgian astronomer (1882-1955). |
| Deluc | -55 | -2.8 | 46 | Jean Andre; Swiss geologist, physicist (1727-1817). |
| Dembowski | 2.9 | 7.2 | 26 | Baron Ercole; Italian astronomer (1815-1881). |
| Democritus | 62.3 | 35 | 39 | Greek astronomer, philosopher (c. 460-360 B.C.). |
| Demonax | -77.9 | 60.8 | 128 | Greek philosopher (fl. 2nd century A.D.). |
| Denning | -16.4 | 142.6 | 44 | William Fredrick; British astronomer (1848-1931). |
| Desargues | 70.2 | -73.3 | 85 | Gerard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662). |
| Descartes | -11.7 | 15.7 | 48 | Rene; French mathematician, philosopher (1596-1650). |
| Deseilligny | 21.1 | 20.6 | 6 | Jules Alfred Pierrot; French selenographer (1868-1918). |
| Deslandres | -33.1 | -4.8 | 256 | Henri Alexandre; French astrophysicist (1853-1948). |
| Deutsch | 24.1 | 110.5 | 66 | Armin Joseph; American astronomer (1918-1969). |
| Dewar | -2.7 | 165.5 | 50 | Sir James; British chemist (1842-1923). |
| Diana | 14.3 | 35.7 | 2 | Latin female name. |
| Diderot | -20.4 | 121.5 | 20 | Denis; French philosopher (1713-1784). |
| Dionysius | 2.8 | 17.3 | 18 | St. Dionysius the Areopagite; Greek astronomer (A.D. 9-120). |
| Diophantus | 27.6 | -34.3 | 17 | Greek mathematician (unkn-c. A.D. 300). |
| Dirichlet | 11.1 | -151.4 | 47 | Peter Gustav Lejeune; German mathematician (1805-1859). |
| Dobrovol'skiy | -12.8 | 129.7 | 38 | Georgy Timofeyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1928-1971). |
| Doerfel | -69.1 | -107.9 | 68 | Georg Samuel; German astronomer (1643-1688). |
| Dollond | -10.4 | 14.4 | 11 | John; British optician (1706-1761). |
| Donati | -20.7 | 5.2 | 36 | Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer (1826-1873). |
| Donna | 7.2 | 38.3 | 2 | Italian female name. |
| Donner | -31.4 | 98 | 58 | Anders Severin; Finnish astronomer (1854-1938). |
| Doppelmayer | -28.5 | -41.4 | 63 | Johann Gabriel; German mathematician, astronomer (1671-1750). |
| Doppler | -12.6 | -159.6 | 110 | Johann Christian; Austrian physicist, mathematician, astronomer (1803-1853). |
| Douglass | 35.9 | -122.4 | 49 | Andrew Ellicott; American astronomer (1867-1962). |
| Dove | -46.7 | 31.5 | 30 | Heinrich Wilhelm; German physicist (1803-1879). |
| [Doyle] | 2 | 84.5 | 32 | Sir Arthur Conan; British novelist (1859-1930). Note: The approved name for this feature is Schubert C. |
| Draper | 17.6 | -21.7 | 8 | Henry; American astronomer (1837-1882). |
| Drebbel | -40.9 | -49 | 30 | Cornelius; Dutch inventor (1572-1634). |
| Dreyer | 10 | 96.9 | 61 | Johann Ludwig Emil; Danish astronomer (1852-1926). |
| Drude | -38.5 | -91.8 | 24 | Paul Karl Ludwig; German physicist (1863-1906). |
| Dryden | -33 | -155.2 | 51 | Hugh Latimer; American physicist, engineer (1898-1965). |
| Drygalski | -79.3 | -84.9 | 149 | Erich Dagobert von; German geographer, geophysicist (1865-1949). |
| Dubyago | 4.4 | 70 | 51 | Dmitrij Ivanovich; Russian astronomer (1850-1918); Alexander Dmitrievich; Soviet astronomer (1903-1959). |
| Dufay | 5.5 | 169.5 | 39 | Jean Claude Barthelemy; French astronomer (1896-1967). |
| Dugan | 64.2 | 103.3 | 50 | Raymond Smith; American astronomer (1878-1940). |
| [Dumas] | -5.3 | 81.7 | 16 | Alexandre; French novelist (1802-1870). |
| Duner | 44.8 | 179.5 | 62 | Nils Christofer; Swedish astronomer (1839-1914). |
| Dunthorne | -30.1 | -31.6 | 15 | Richard; British astronomer (1711-1775). |
| Dyson | 61.3 | -121.2 | 63 | Sir Frank Watson; British astronomer (1868-1939). |
| Dziewulski | 21.2 | 98.9 | 63 | Wladyslaw; Polish astronomer (1878-1962). |
| Eckert | 17.3 | 58.3 | 2 | Wallace John; American astronomer (1902-1971). |
| Eddington | 21.3 | -72.2 | 118 | Sir Arthur Stanley; British astrophysicist, mathematician (1882-1944). |
| Edison | 25 | 99.1 | 62 | Thomas Alva; American inventor (1847-1931). |
| Edith | -25.8 | 102.3 | 8 | English female name. |
| Egede | 48.7 | 10.6 | 37 | Hans; Danish natural historian (1686-1758). |
| Ehrlich | 40.9 | -172.4 | 30 | Paul; German doctor; Nobel laureate (1854-1915). |
| Eichstadt | -22.6 | -78.3 | 49 | Lorentz; German mathematician, astronomer (1596-1660). |
| Eijkman | -63.1 | -141.5 | 54 | Christiaan; Dutch doctor; Nobel laureate (1858-1930). |
| Eimmart | 24 | 64.8 | 46 | Georg Christoph; German astronomer (1638-1705). |
| Einstein | 16.3 | -88.7 | 198 | Albert; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1955). |
| Einthoven | -4.9 | 109.6 | 69 | Willem; Dutch physiologist; Nobel laureate (1860-1927). |
| [El Greco] | 14 | 34.7 | 6 | Spanish artist, born in Crete (c. 1541-1614). Note: The approved name for this feature is Vitruvius G. |
| Elger | -35.3 | -29.8 | 21 | Thomas Gwyn Empy; British astronomer (1836-1897). |
| Ellerman | -25.3 | -120.1 | 47 | Ferdinand; American astronomer (1869-1940). |
| Ellison | 55.1 | -107.5 | 36 | Mervyn Archdall; Irish-born British astronomer (1909-1963). |
| Elmer | -10.1 | 84.1 | 16 | Charles Wesley; American astronomer (1872-1954). |
| Elvey | 8.8 | -100.5 | 74 | Christian Thomas; American astronomer, geophysicist (1899-1970). |
| Emden | 63.3 | -177.3 | 111 | Robert; Swiss astrophysicist, meteorologist (1862-1940). |
| Encke | 4.6 | -36.6 | 28 | Johann Franz; German mathematician, astronomer (1791-1865). |
| Endymion | 53.9 | 57 | 123 | Greek mythological character. |
| Engel'gardt (Engelhardt) | 5.7 | -159 | 43 | Vasilij Pavlovich; Russian astronomer (1828-1915). |
| Eotvos | -35.5 | 133.8 | 99 | Lorant (English - Roland) von; Hungarian physicist (1848-1919). |
| Epigenes | 67.5 | -4.6 | 55 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 200 B.C.). |
| Epimenides | -40.9 | -30.2 | 27 | Greek philosopher, writer (unkn-fl. 596 B.C.). |
| [Eppinger] | -9.4 | -25.7 | 6 | H.; Czechoslovakian doctor (1879-1946). Name dropped October 2002. |
| Eratosthenes | 14.5 | -11.3 | 58 | Greek astronomer, geographer (c. 276-196 B.C.). |
| Erro | 5.7 | 98.5 | 61 | Luis Enrique; Mexican astronomer (1897-1955). |
| Esclangon | 21.5 | 42.1 | 15 | Ernest Benjamin; French astronomer (1876-1954). |
| Esnault-Pelterie | 47.7 | -141.4 | 79 | Robert-Albert-Charles; French rocketry engineer (1881-1957). |
| Espin | 28.1 | 109.1 | 75 | Thomas Henry Espinall Compton; British astronomer (1858-1934). |
| Euclides | -7.4 | -29.5 | 11 | Euclid; Greek mathematician (unkn-c. 300 B.C.). |
| Euctemon | 76.4 | 31.3 | 62 | Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.). |
| Eudoxus | 44.3 | 16.3 | 67 | Greek astronomer (c. 408-355 B.C.). |
| Euler | 23.3 | -29.2 | 27 | Leonhard; Swiss mathematician (1707-1783). |
| Evans | -9.5 | -133.5 | 67 | Sir Arthur; British archaeologist (1851-1941). |
| Evdokimov | 34.8 | -153 | 50 | Nikolaj N.; Soviet astronomer (1868-1940). |
| Evershed | 35.7 | -159.5 | 66 | John; British astronomer (1864-1956). |
| Ewen | 7.7 | 121.4 | 3 | Gaelic male name. |
| Fabbroni | 18.7 | 29.2 | 10 | Giovanni Valentino Mattia; Italian chemist (1752-1822). |
| Fabricius | -42.9 | 42 | 78 | Goldschmidt, David; Dutch astronomer (1564-1617). |
| Fabry | 42.9 | 100.7 | 184 | Charles; French physicist (1867-1945). |
| Fahrenheit | 13.1 | 61.7 | 6 | Gabriel Daniel; Dutch physicist (1686-1736). |
| Fairouz | -26.1 | 102.9 | 3 | Arab female name. |
| Faraday | -42.4 | 8.7 | 69 | Michael; British chemist, physicist (1791-1867). |
| Faustini | -87.3 | 77 | 39 | Arnaldo; Italian polar geographer (1874-1944). |
| Fauth | 6.3 | -20.1 | 12 | Philipp Johann Heinrich; German selenographer (1867-1941). |
| Faye | -21.4 | 3.9 | 36 | Herve-Auguste-Etienne-Albans; French astronomer (1814-1902). |
| Fechner | -59 | 124.9 | 63 | Gustav Theodor; German physicist, psychologist, and philospher (1801-1887). |
| Fedorov | 28.2 | -37 | 6 | A.P.; Russian rocket scientist (1872-1920). |
| Felix | 25.1 | -25.4 | 1 | Latin male name. |
| Fenyi | -44.9 | -105.1 | 38 | Gyula; Hungarian astronomer (1845-1927). |
| Feoktistov | 30.9 | 140.7 | 23 | Konstantin P.; Soviet cosmonaut (1926-Live). |
| Fermat | -22.6 | 19.8 | 38 | Pierre De; French mathematician (1601-1665). |
| Fermi | -19.3 | 122.6 | 183 | Enrico; Italian-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1901-1954). |
| Fernelius | -38.1 | 4.9 | 65 | Jean François; French doctor, astronomer (1497-1558). |
| Fersman | 18.7 | -126 | 151 | Aleksandr Yevgenyevich; Soviet geochemist (1883-1945). |
| Fesenkov | -23.2 | 135.1 | 35 | Vasilii Grigor'evich; Russian astrophysicist (1889-1972). |
| Feuillee | 27.4 | -9.4 | 9 | Louis; French natural scientist (1660-1732). |
| Finsch | 23.6 | 21.3 | 4 | Otto Friedrich Hermann; German zoologist (1839-1917). |
| Finsen | -42 | -177.9 | 72 | Niels Ryberg; Danish phototherapist; Nobel laureate (1860-1904). |
| [Firdausi] | 24.8 | -34 | 6 | Hasan; Persian author (c. 940-1020). Note: The approved name for this feature is Euler E. |
| Firmicus | 7.3 | 63.4 | 56 | Julius Maternus of Syracuse; Roman astrologer (fl. A.D. 330-354). |
| Firsov | 4.5 | 112.2 | 51 | Georgij F.; Soviet rocketry engineer (1917-1960). |
| Fischer | 8 | 142.4 | 30 | Emil Hermann; German chemist (1852-1919); Hans; German organic chemist (1881-1945). |
| Fitzgerald | 27.5 | -171.7 | 110 | George Francis; Irish physicist (1851-1901). |
| Fizeau | -58.6 | -133.9 | 111 | Armand-Hippolyte-Loius; French physicist (1819-1896). |
| Flammarion | -3.4 | -3.7 | 74 | Camille; French astronomer (1842-1925). |
| Flamsteed | -4.5 | -44.3 | 20 | John; British astronomer (1646-1719). |
| Fleming | 15 | 109.6 | 106 | Alexander; British doctor, Nobel laureate (1881-1955); Williamina Paton; Scottish-born American astronomer (1857-1911). |
| Florensky | 25.3 | 131.5 | 71 | Kirill Pavlovich; Soviet geologist (1915-1982). Note: Formerly Vernadskiy B. |
| Focas | -33.7 | -93.8 | 22 | Ionnas (Jean-Henri); Greek/French astronomer (1909-1969). |
| Fontana | -16.1 | -56.6 | 31 | Francesco; Italian astronomer (c. 1585-1646). |
| Fontenelle | 63.4 | -18.9 | 38 | Bernard Le Bovier De; French astronomer (1657-1757). |
| Foster | 23.7 | -141.5 | 33 | John Stuart; Canadian physicist (1890-1964). |
| Foucault | 50.4 | -39.7 | 23 | Leon; French physicist (1819-1868). |
| Fourier | -30.3 | -53 | 51 | Jean-Baptiste Joseph; French mathematician (1768-1830). |
| Fowler | 42.3 | -145 | 146 | Alfred; British astronomer (1868-1940); Ralph Howard; British mathematician; physicist (1889-1944). |
| Fox | 0.5 | 98.2 | 24 | Philip; American astronomer (1878-1944). |
| Fra Mauro | -6.1 | -17 | 101 | Italian geographer (unkn-1459). |
| Fracastorius | -21.5 | 33.2 | 112 | Fracastoro, Girolamo; Italian doctor, astronomer (1483-1553). |
| Franck | 22.6 | 35.5 | 12 | James; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1882-1964). |
| Franklin | 38.8 | 47.7 | 56 | Benjamin; American inventor (1706-1790). |
| Franz | 16.6 | 40.2 | 25 | Julius Heinrich; German astronomer (1847-1913). |
| Fraunhofer | -39.5 | 59.1 | 56 | Joseph von; German astronomer, optician (1787-1826). |
| Fredholm | 18.4 | 46.5 | 14 | Erik Ivar; Swedish mathematician (1866-1927). |
| Freud | 25.8 | -52.3 | 2 | Sigmund; Austrian psychoanalyst (1856-1939). |
| Freundlich | 25 | 171 | 85 | Erwin (Finlay-); German-British astronomer (1885-1964). |
| Fridman (Friedmann) | -12.6 | -126 | 102 | Aleksandr Alexandrovich; Soviet physicist (1888-1925). |
| Froelich | 80.3 | -109.7 | 58 | Jack Edward (Froehlich); American rocket scientist (1921-1967). |
| Frost | 37.7 | -118.4 | 75 | Edwin Brant; American astronomer (1866-1935). |
| Fryxell | -21.3 | -101.4 | 18 | Roald Hilding; American geologist (1934-1974). Note: Formerly Golitsyn B |
| Furnerius | -36 | 60.6 | 135 | Furner, Georges; French mathematician (unkn-fl. 1643). |
| G. Bond | 32.4 | 36.2 | 20 | George Philip; American astronomer (1826-1865). |
| Gadomski | 36.4 | -147.3 | 65 | Jan; Polish astronomer (1889-1966). |
| Gagarin | -20.2 | 149.2 | 265 | Yury Alekseyevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-1968). |
| Galen | 21.9 | 5 | 10 | Claudius; Greek doctor (c. 129-200). |
| Galilaei | 10.5 | -62.7 | 15 | Galileo; Italian astronomer, physicist (1564-1642). |
| Galle | 55.9 | 22.3 | 21 | Johann Gottfried; German astronomer (1812-1910). |
| Galois | -14.2 | -151.9 | 222 | Evariste; French mathematician (1811-1832). |
| Galvani | 49.6 | -84.6 | 80 | Luigi; Italian physicist (1737-1798). |
| Gambart | 1 | -15.2 | 25 | Jean-Felix-Adolphe; French astronomer (1800-1836). |
| Gamow | 65.3 | 145.3 | 129 | George; American physicist (1904-1968). |
| Ganskiy (Hansky) | -9.7 | 97 | 43 | Aleksey Pavlovich; Russian astronomer (1870-1908). |
| Ganswindt | -79.6 | 110.3 | 74 | Hermann; German rocketry engineer (1856-1934). |
| Garavito | -47.5 | 156.7 | 74 | Julio Garavito Armero; Colombian astronomer (1865-1920). |
| Gardner | 17.7 | 33.8 | 18 | Irvine Clifton; American physicist (1889-1972). |
| Gartner | 59.1 | 34.6 | 115 | Christian; German mineralogist, geologist (c. 1750-1813). |
| Gassendi | -17.6 | -40.1 | 101 | Pierre; French astronomer, mathematician (1592-1655). |
| Gaston | 30.9 | -34 | 2 | French male name. |
| Gaudibert | -10.9 | 37.8 | 34 | Casimir Marie; French astronomer (1823-1901). |
| Gauricus | -33.8 | -12.6 | 79 | Gaurico, Luca; Italian astronomer (1476-1558). |
| Gauss | 35.7 | 79 | 177 | Karl Friedrich; German mathematician (1777-1855). |
| Gavrilov | 17.4 | 130.9 | 60 | Aleksandr I.; Soviet rocket engineer (1884-1955), Igor V.; Soviet astronomer (1928-1982). |
| Gay-Lussac | 13.9 | -20.8 | 26 | Joseph Louis; French physicist (1778-1850). |
| Geber | -19.4 | 13.9 | 44 | Jabir Ibn Aflah Al-Ishbili, Abu Muhammad; Spanish-Arab astronomer (fl. first half of twelfth cent.). |
| Geiger | -14.6 | 158.5 | 34 | Johannes Hans Wilhelm; German physicist (1882-1945). |
| Geissler | -2.6 | 76.5 | 16 | Heinrich; German physicist (1814-1879). |
| Geminus | 34.5 | 56.7 | 85 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 70 B.C.). |
| Gemma Frisius | -34.2 | 13.3 | 87 | Jemma, Reinier; Dutch doctor (1508-1555). |
| Gerard | 44.5 | -80 | 90 | Alexander; Scottish explorer (1792-1839). |
| Gerasimovich | -22.9 | -122.6 | 86 | Boris Petrovich; Soviet astronomer (1889-1937). |
| Gernsback | -36.5 | 99.7 | 48 | Hugo; American writer (1884-1967). |
| Gibbs | -18.4 | 84.3 | 76 | Josiah Willard; American mathematical physicist (1839-1903). |
| Gilbert | -3.2 | 76 | 112 | Grove Karl; American geologist (1843-1918), William; English physician and pysicist (1544-1603). |
| Gill | -63.9 | 75.9 | 66 | Sir David; British astronomer (1843-1914). |
| Ginzel | 14.3 | 97.4 | 55 | Friedrich Karl; Austrian astronomer (1850-1926). |
| Gioja | 83.3 | 2 | 41 | Flavio; Italian inventor (unkn-fl. 1302). |
| Giordano Bruno | 35.9 | 102.8 | 22 | Italian astronomer (1548-1600). |
| Glaisher | 13.2 | 49.5 | 15 | James; British meteorologist (1809-1903). |
| Glauber | 11.5 | 142.6 | 15 | Johann Rudolph; German chemist (c. 1603-1670). |
| Glazenap | -1.6 | 137.6 | 43 | Sergei Pavlovich; Soviet astronomer (1848-1937). |
| Glushko | 8.4 | -77.6 | 43 | Valentin Petrovich; Russian space scientist (1908-1989). Note: Formerly Olbers A |
| Goclenius | -10 | 45 | 72 | Gockel, Rudolf; German physicist, doctor, mathematician (1572-1621). |
| Goddard | 14.8 | 89 | 89 | Robert Hutchings; American rocketry scientist (1882-1945). |
| Godin | 1.8 | 10.2 | 34 | Louis; French astronomer, mathematician (1704-1760). |
| Goldschmidt | 73.2 | -3.8 | 113 | Hermann; German astronomer (1802-1866). |
| Golgi | 27.8 | -60 | 5 | Camillo; Italian doctor; Nobel laureate (c. 1843-1926). |
| Golitsyn | -25.1 | -105 | 36 | Boris Borisovich; Russian physicist (1862-1916). |
| Golovin | 39.9 | 161.1 | 37 | Nicholas Erasmus; American rocketry scientist (1912-1969). |
| Goodacre | -32.7 | 14.1 | 46 | Walter; British selenographer (1856-1938). |
| Gould | -19.2 | -17.2 | 34 | Benjamin Apthorp; American astronomer (1824-1896). |
| Grace | 14.2 | 35.9 | 1 | English female name. |
| Grachev | -3.7 | -108.2 | 35 | Andrej D.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1900-1964). |
| Graff | -42.4 | -88.6 | 36 | Kasimir Romuald; Polish-German astronomer (1878-1950). |
| Grave | -17.1 | 150.3 | 40 | Dmitry Aleksandrovich; Soviet mathematician (1863-1939); Ivan Platonovich; Soviet engineer (1874-1960). |
| Greaves | 13.2 | 52.7 | 13 | William Michael Herbert; British astronomer (1897-1955). Note: Formerly Lick D |
| Green | 4.1 | 132.9 | 65 | George; British mathematician (1793-1841). |
| Gregory | 2.2 | 127.2 | 67 | James; Scottish astronomer, mathematician (1638-1675). |
| Grigg | 12.9 | -129.4 | 36 | John; New Zealander astronomer (1838-1920). |
| Grimaldi | -5.5 | -68.3 | 172 | Francesco Maria; Italian astronomer, physicist (1618-1663). |
| [Grimm] | -15 | 130.2 | 15 | Wilhelm Karl; German story-teller (1786-1859). |
| Grissom | -47 | -147.4 | 58 | Virgil Ivan ("Gus"); American astronaut (1926-1967). |
| Grotrian | -66.5 | 128.3 | 37 | Walter; German astronomer (1890-1954). |
| Grove | 40.3 | 32.9 | 28 | Sir William Robert; British physicist (1811-1896). |
| Gruemberger | -66.9 | -10 | 93 | Christoph; Austrian astronomer (1561-1636). |
| Gruithuisen | 32.9 | -39.7 | 15 | Franz von; German astronomer (1774-1852). |
| Guericke | -11.5 | -14.1 | 63 | Otto von; German physicist, engineer, naturalist (1602-1686). |
| Guillaume | 45.4 | -173.4 | 57 | Charles Edouard; Swiss metallurgist; Nobel laureate (1861-1938). |
| Gullstrand | 45.2 | -129.3 | 43 | Allvar; Swedish ophthalmologist; Nobel laureate (1862-1930). |
| Gum | -40.4 | 88.6 | 54 | Colin; Australian astronomer (1924-1960). |
| Gutenberg | -8.6 | 41.2 | 74 | Johannes Gensfleisch Zur Laden; German inventor (c. 1390-1468). |
| Guthnick | -47.7 | -93.9 | 36 | Paul; German astronomer (1879-1947). |
| Guyot | 11.4 | 117.5 | 92 | Arnold Henry; Swiss-born American geographer, geologist (1807-1884). |
| Gylden | -5.3 | 0.3 | 47 | Johan August Hugo; Swedish astronomer (1841-1896). |
| H. G. Wells | 40.7 | 122.8 | 114 | Herbert George; British scientific writer (1866-1946). |
| [Hadley] | 25.4 | 2.7 | 6 | John; British instrument maker (1682-1744). Note: Renamed Hadley C. |
| Hagecius | -59.8 | 46.6 | 76 | Hayek, Thaddaeus; Czechoslovakian astronomer, mathematician (1525-1600). |
| Hagen | -48.3 | 135.1 | 55 | Johann Georg; Austrian astronomer (1847-1930). |
| Hahn | 31.3 | 73.6 | 84 | Friedrich von; German astronomer (1741-1805); Otto; German chemist (1879-1968). |
| Haidinger | -39.2 | -25 | 22 | Wilhelm Karl von; Austrian geologist, physicist (1795-1871). |
| Hainzel | -41.3 | -33.5 | 70 | Paul; German astronomer (1527-1581). |
| Haldane | -1.7 | 84.1 | 37 | John Burdon Sanderson; British doctor (1892-1964). |
| Hale | -74.2 | 90.8 | 83 | George Ellery; American astronomer (1868-1938); William; British rocket scientist (1797-1870). |
| Hall | 33.7 | 37 | 35 | Asaph; American astronomer (1829-1907). |
| Halley | -8 | 5.7 | 36 | Edmond; British astronomer (1656-1742). |
| Hamilton | -42.8 | 84.7 | 57 | Sir William Rowan; Irish mathematician (1805-1865). |
| Hanno | -56.3 | 71.2 | 56 | Carthaginian navigator(unkn-c. 500 B.C.). |
| Hansen | 14 | 72.5 | 39 | Peter Andreas; Danish astronomer (1795-1874). |
| Hansteen | -11.5 | -52 | 44 | Christopher; Norwegian astronomer (1784-1873). |
| Harden | 5.5 | 143.5 | 15 | Sir Arthur; British chemist; Nobel laureate (1865-1940). |
| Harding | 43.5 | -71.7 | 22 | Karl Ludwig; German astronomer (1765-1834). |
| Haret | -59 | -176.5 | 29 | Spiru; Rumanian astronomer (1851-1912). |
| Hargreaves | -2.2 | 64 | 16 | Frederick James; British astronomer, optician (1891-1970). |
| Harkhebi | 39.6 | 98.3 | 237 | Egyptian astronomer (c. 300 B.C.). |
| Harlan | -38.5 | 79.5 | 65 | Harlan J. Smith; American astronomer (1924-1991). Note: Formerly Marinus D. |
| Harold | -10.9 | -6 | 2 | Scandinavian male name. |
| Harpalus | 52.6 | -43.4 | 39 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 460 B.C.). |
| Harriot | 33.1 | 114.3 | 56 | Thomas; British mathematician, astronomer (1560-1621). |
| Hartmann | 3.2 | 135.3 | 61 | Johannes Franz; German astronomer (1865-1936). |
| Hartwig | -6.1 | -80.5 | 79 | (Carl) Ernst (Albrecht); German astronomer (1851-1923). |
| Harvey | 19.5 | -146.5 | 60 | William; British doctor (1578-1657). |
| Hase | -29.4 | 62.5 | 83 | Johann Matthias; German mathematician (1684-1742). |
| Hatanaka | 29.7 | -121.5 | 26 | Takeo; Japanese astronomer (1914-1963). |
| Hausen | -65 | -88.1 | 167 | Christian August; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1693-1743). |
| Hayford | 12.7 | -176.4 | 27 | John Fillmore; American civil engineer, geodesist (1868-1925). |
| Hayn | 64.7 | 85.2 | 87 | Friedrich Karl; German astronomer (1863-1928). |
| Healy | 32.8 | -110.5 | 38 | Roy; American rocketry scientist (1915-1968). |
| Heaviside | -10.4 | 167.1 | 165 | Oliver; British mathematician, physicist (1850-1925). |
| Hecataeus | -21.8 | 79.4 | 167 | Greek geographer (unkn-c. 476 B.C.). |
| Hedervari | -81.8 | 84 | 69 | Peter; Hungarian geoscientist (1931-1984). Note: Formerly Amundsen A |
| Hedin | 2 | -76.5 | 150 | Sven Anders; Swedish explorer (1865-1952). |
| [Heine] | -14.4 | 132 | 28 | Heinrich; German poet and critic (1797-1856). Note: The approved name for this feature is Volkov J. |
| Heinrich | 24.8 | -15.3 | 6 | Wladimir Waclav; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1884-1965). |
| Heinsius | -39.5 | -17.7 | 64 | Gottfried; German astronomer (1709-1769). |
| Heis | 32.4 | -31.9 | 14 | Eduard; German astronomer (1806-1877). |
| Helberg | 22.5 | -102.2 | 62 | Robert J.; American aeronautical engineer (1906-1967). |
| Helicon | 40.4 | -23.1 | 24 | Greek astronomer, mathematician (fl. c. 361 B.C.). |
| Hell | -32.4 | -7.8 | 33 | Maximilian; Hungarian astronomer (1720-1792). |
| Helmert | -7.6 | 87.6 | 26 | Friedrich Robert; German astronomer, geodesist (1843-1917). |
| Helmholtz | -68.1 | 64.1 | 94 | Hermann Von; German doctor (1821-1894). |
| Henderson | 4.8 | 152.1 | 47 | Thomas; Scottish astronomer (1798-1844). |
| Hendrix | -46.6 | -159.2 | 18 | Don Osgood; American optician (1905-1961). |
| Henry | -24 | -56.8 | 41 | Joseph; American physicist (1797-1878). |
| Henry Freres | -23.5 | -58.9 | 42 | Prosper; French astronomer (1849-1903); Paul; French astronomer (1848-1905). |
| Henyey | 13.5 | -151.6 | 63 | Louis George; American astronomer (1910-1970). |
| Heraclitus | -49.2 | 6.2 | 90 | Greek philosopher (c. 540-480 B.C.). |
| Hercules | 46.7 | 39.1 | 69 | Latin spelling for Greek mythological hero Heracles. |
| Herigonius | -13.3 | -33.9 | 15 | Herigone, Pierre; French mathematician, astronomer (fl. 1634). |
| Hermann | -0.9 | -57 | 15 | Jacob; Swiss mathematician (1678-1733). |
| Hermite | 86 | -89.9 | 104 | Charles; French mathematician (1822-1901). |
| Herodotus | 23.2 | -49.7 | 34 | Of Halikarnassus; Greek historian (c. 484-408 B.C.). |
| Heron (Hero) | 0.7 | 119.8 | 24 | Egyptian inventor (unkn-c. 100 B.C.). |
| Herschel | -5.7 | -2.1 | 40 | Sir William; German-born British astronomer (1738-1822). |
| Hertz | 13.4 | 104.5 | 90 | Heinrich Rudolf; German physicist (1857-1894). |
| Hertzsprung | 2.6 | -129.2 | 591 | Ejnar; Danish astronomer (1873-1967). |
| Hesiodus | -29.4 | -16.3 | 42 | Hesiod; Greek humanitarian (c. 735 B.C.). |
| Hess | -54.3 | 174.6 | 88 | Victor Franz (Francis); American physicist (1883-1964); Harry Hammond; American geologist (1906-1969). |
| Hevelius | 2.2 | -67.6 | 115 | Howelcke, Johann; Polish astronomer (1611-1687). |
| Heymans | 75.3 | -144.1 | 50 | Corneille-Jean-François; Belgian physiologist; Nobel laureate (1892-1968). |
| Heyrovsky | -39.6 | -95.3 | 16 | Jaroslav; Czechoslovakian chemist (1890-1967). Note: Formerly Drude S. |
| Hilbert | -17.9 | 108.2 | 151 | David; German mathematician (1862-1943). |
| Hill | 20.9 | 40.8 | 16 | George William; American astronomer, mathematician (1838-1914). |
| Hind | -7.9 | 7.4 | 29 | John Russell; British astronomer (1823-1895). |
| Hippalus | -24.8 | -30.2 | 57 | Greek explorer (unkn-c. 120). |
| Hipparchus | -5.1 | 5.2 | 138 | Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 140 B.C.). |
| Hippocrates | 70.7 | -145.9 | 60 | Greek doctor (c. 460-377 B.C.). |
| Hirayama | -6.1 | 93.5 | 132 | Kiyotsugu; Japanese astronomer (1874-1943); Shin; Japanese astronomer (1867-1945). |
| Hoffmeister | 15.2 | 136.9 | 45 | Cuno; German astronomer (1892-1968). |
| Hogg | 33.6 | 121.9 | 38 | Arthur Robert; Australian astronomer (1903-1966); Frank Scott; Canadian astronomer (1904-1951). |
| Hohmann | -17.9 | -94.1 | 16 | Walter; German space flight engineer (1880-1945). |
| Holden | -19.1 | 62.5 | 47 | Edward Singleton; American astronomer (1846-1914). |
| Holetschek | -27.6 | 150.9 | 38 | Johann; Austrian astronomer (1846-1923). |
| [Homer] | -24.3 | 133.6 | 0 | Greek epic poet (8th or 9th century B.C.). Note: The approved name for this feature is Stark Y. |
| Hommel | -54.7 | 33.8 | 126 | Johann; German astronomer, mathematician (1518-1562). |
| Hooke | 41.2 | 54.9 | 36 | Robert; British physicist, inventor (1635-1703). |
| Hopmann | -50.8 | 160.3 | 88 | Josef; Austrian astronomer (1890-1975). |
| Hornsby | 23.8 | 12.5 | 3 | Thomas; British astronomer (1733-1810). |
| Horrebow | 58.7 | -40.8 | 24 | Peder; Danish astronomer (1679-1764). |
| Horrocks | -4 | 5.9 | 30 | Jeremiah; British astronomer (1619-1641). |
| Hortensius | 6.5 | -28 | 14 | Hove, Martin van den; Dutch astronomer (1605-1639). |
| Houtermans | -9.4 | 87.2 | 29 | Friedrich Georg; German physicist (1903-1966). |
| Houzeau | -17.1 | -123.5 | 71 | Jean-Charles-Hippolyte-Joseph de Lehaie; Belgian astronomer (1820-1888). |
| Hubble | 22.1 | 86.9 | 80 | Edwin Powell; American astronomer (1889-1953). |
| Huggins | -41.1 | -1.4 | 65 | Sir William; British astronomer (1824-1910). |
| [Hugo] | -0.7 | 92.9 | 24 | Victor; French writer, dramatist, poet (1802-1885). Note: The approved name for this feature is Purkyne V. |
| Humason | 30.7 | -56.6 | 4 | Milton Lasell; American astronomer (1891-1972). |
| Humboldt | -27 | 80.9 | 189 | Wilhelm von; German philologist (1767-1835). |
| Hume | -4.7 | 90.4 | 23 | David; Scottish philosopher (1711-1776). |
| Husband | -40.8 | -147.9 | 29 | Rick Douglas; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Commander (1957-2003). Note: Formerly Borman L. |
| [Hussein] | 12.3 | 38 | 6 | Taha; Egyptian author (1889-1973). Note: The approved name for this feature is Cauchy A. |
| Hutton | 37.3 | 168.7 | 50 | James; Scottish geologist (1726-1797). |
| Huxley | 20.2 | -4.5 | 4 | Thomas Henry; British biologist (1825-1895). |
| Hyginus | 7.8 | 6.3 | 9 | Caius Julius; Spanish astronomer (fl. first century B.C.). |
| Hypatia | -4.3 | 22.6 | 40 | Hypatia of Alexandria; Egyptian mathematician and philosopher (c. 370-415). |
| Ian | 25.7 | -0.4 | 1 | Scottish male name. |
| Ibn Battuta | -6.9 | 50.4 | 11 | Abu Abd Allah Mohammed Ibn Abd Allah; Moroccan geographer (1304-1377). |
| Ibn Firnas | 6.8 | 122.3 | 89 | Spanish-Arab humanitarian, technologist (unkn-c. A.D. 887). |
| Ibn Yunus | 14.1 | 91.1 | 58 | Abul al-Hasan ben Ahmad; Egyptian astronomer (950-1009). |
| Ibn-Rushd | -11.7 | 21.7 | 32 | Abu al-Walîd Ibn Rushd (Averroës); Spanish-Arab philosopher/doctor (1126-1198). |
| Icarus | -5.3 | -173.2 | 96 | Greek mythical flyer. |
| Idel'son | -81.5 | 110.9 | 60 | Naum Ilich; Soviet astronomer (1885-1951). |
| Ideler | -49.2 | 22.3 | 38 | Christian Ludwig; German astronomer (1766-1846). |
| Il'in | -17.8 | -97.5 | 13 | N.Ja.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1901-1937). Note: Formerly Hohmann T. |
| Ina | 18.6 | 5.3 | 3 | Latin female name. |
| Ingalls | 26.4 | -153.1 | 37 | Albert Graham; American optician (1888-1958). |
| Inghirami | -47.5 | -68.8 | 91 | Giovanni; Italian astronomer (1779-1851). |
| Innes | 27.8 | 119.2 | 42 | Robert Thornton Ayton; Scottish astronomer (1861-1933). |
| Ioffe | -14.4 | -129.2 | 86 | Joffe, Abram Feodorovich; Soviet physicist (1880-1960). |
| Isabel | 28.2 | -34.1 | 1 | Spanish female name. |
| Isaev | -17.5 | 147.5 | 90 | Alexei Mikhailovich; Soviet rocket designer (1908-1971). |
| Isidorus | -8 | 33.5 | 42 | St. Isidore of Seville; Spanish astronomer and encyclopaedist (c. 560-636). |
| Isis | 18.9 | 27.5 | 1 | Egyptian goddess. |
| Ivan | 26.9 | -43.3 | 4 | Russian male name. Note: Formerly Prinz B. |
| Izsak | -23.3 | 117.1 | 30 | Imre; Hungarian-American astronomer (1929-1965). |
| J. Herschel | 62 | -42 | 165 | Sir John Frederick William; British astronomer (1792-1871). |
| Jackson | 22.4 | -163.1 | 71 | John; Scottish astronomer (1887-1958). |
| Jacobi | -56.7 | 11.4 | 68 | Karl Gustav Jacob; German mathematician (1804-1851). |
| [James] | 10.2 | 50.4 | 28 | Henry; American writer (1843-1916). Note: The approved name for this feature is Lick F. |
| Jansen | 13.5 | 28.7 | 23 | Janszoon, Zacharias; Dutch optician (1580-c. 1638). |
| Jansky | 8.5 | 89.5 | 72 | Karl Guthe; American radio engineer (1905-1950). |
| Janssen | -45.4 | 40.3 | 199 | Pierre Jules Cesar; French astronomer (1824-1907). |
| Jarvis | -34.9 | -147.5 | 38 | Gregory Bruce; Member of the Challenger crew (1944-1986). Note: Formerly Borman Z. |
| Jeans | -55.8 | 91.4 | 79 | Sir James Hopwood; British mathematical physicist (1877-1946). |
| Jehan | 20.7 | -31.9 | 5 | Turkish female name. Note: Formerly Euler K. |
| Jenkins | 0.3 | 78.1 | 38 | Louise Freeland; American astronomer (1888-1970). |
| Jenner | -42.1 | 95.9 | 71 | Edward; British doctor (1749-1823). |
| Jerik | 18.5 | 27.6 | 1 | Scandinavian male name. |
| [Johnson] | -8.7 | 89 | 22 | Samuel; British writer (1709-1784). |
| Joliot | 25.8 | 93.1 | 164 | Frederic Joliot-Curie; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1900-1958). |
| Jomo | 24.4 | 2.4 | 7 | African male name. |
| Jose | -12.7 | -1.6 | 2 | Spanish male name. |
| Joule | 27.3 | -144.2 | 96 | James Prescott; British physicist (1818-1889). |
| Joy | 25 | 6.6 | 5 | Alfred Harrison; American astronomer (1882-1973). |
| Jules Verne | -35 | 147 | 143 | French writer (1828-1905). |
| Julienne | 26 | 3.2 | 2 | French female name. |
| Julius Caesar | 9 | 15.4 | 90 | Roman emperor, introduced the Julian calendar (c. 102-44 B.C.). |
| Kaiser | -36.5 | 6.5 | 52 | Frederick; Dutch astronomer (1808-1872). |
| Kamerlingh Onnes | 15 | -115.8 | 66 | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1853-1926). |
| Kane | 63.1 | 26.1 | 54 | Elisha Kent; American explorer (1820-1857). |
| Kant | -10.6 | 20.1 | 33 | Immanuel; German philosopher (1724-1804). |
| Kao | -6.7 | 87.6 | 34 | Ping-Tse; Taiwanese astronomer (1888-1970). |
| Kapteyn | -10.8 | 70.6 | 49 | Jacobus Cornelis; Dutch astronomer (1851-1922). |
| Karima | -25.9 | 103 | 3 | Arabic female name. |
| Karpinskiy | 73.3 | 166.3 | 92 | Alexander Petrovich; Soviet geologist (1846-1936). |
| Karrer | -52.1 | -141.8 | 51 | Paul; Russian/Swiss biochemist; Nobel laureate (1889-1971). |
| Kasper | 8.3 | 122.1 | 12 | Polish male name. |
| Kastner | -6.8 | 78.5 | 108 | Abraham Gotthelf; German mathematician, physicist (1719-1800). |
| Katchalsky | 5.9 | 116.1 | 32 | Katzir-Katchalsky, Aharon; Polish-Israeli chemist (1914-1972). |
| Kathleen | 25.4 | -0.7 | 5 | Irish female name. |
| Kearons | -11.4 | -112.6 | 23 | William M.; American astronomer (1878-1948). |
| Keeler | -10.2 | 161.9 | 160 | James Edward; American astronomer (1857-1900). |
| Kekule | 16.4 | -138.1 | 94 | Friedrich August; German chemist (1829-1896). |
| Keldysh | 51.2 | 43.6 | 33 | Mstislav Vsevolodovich; Soviet mathematician (1911-1978). |
| Kepínski | 28.8 | 126.6 | 31 | Felicjan; Polish astronomer (1885-1966). |
| Kepler | 8.1 | -38 | 31 | Johannes; German astronomer (1571-1630). |
| Khvol'son | -13.8 | 111.4 | 54 | Orest Danilovich; Soviet physicist (1852-1934). |
| Kibal'chich | 3 | -146.5 | 92 | Nikolaj Ivanovich; Russian rocketry scientist (1853-1881). |
| Kidinnu | 35.9 | 122.9 | 56 | Or Cidenas; Babylonian astronomer (unkn-c. 343 B.C.). |
| Kies | -26.3 | -22.5 | 45 | Johann; German mathematician, astronomer (1713-1781). |
| Kiess | -6.4 | 84 | 63 | Carl Clarence; American astrophysicist (1887-1967). |
| Kimura | -57.1 | 118.4 | 28 | Hisashi; Japanese astronomer (1870-1943). |
| Kinau | -60.8 | 15.1 | 41 | Adolph Gottfried; German selenographer (1814-1887). |
| King | 5 | 120.5 | 76 | Arthur Scott; American physicist (1876-1957); Edward Skinner; American astronomer (1861-1931). |
| Kira | -17.6 | 132.8 | 3 | Russian female name. |
| Kirch | 39.2 | -5.6 | 11 | Gottfried; German astronomer (1639-1710). |
| Kircher | -67.1 | -45.3 | 72 | Athanasius; German humanitarian (1601-1680). |
| Kirchhoff | 30.3 | 38.8 | 24 | Gustav Robert; German physicist (1824-1887). |
| Kirkwood | 68.8 | -156.1 | 67 | Daniel; American astronomer (1814-1895). |
| Klaproth | -69.8 | -26 | 119 | Martin Heinrich; German chemist, mineralogist (1743-1817). |
| Klein | -12 | 2.6 | 44 | Hermann Joseph; German astronomer (1844-1914). |
| Kleymenov | -32.4 | -140.2 | 55 | Ivan Terent'evich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1898-1938). |
| Klute | 37.2 | -141.3 | 75 | Daniel O.; American rocketry scientist (1921-1964). |
| Knox-Shaw | 5.3 | 80.2 | 12 | Harold; British astronomer (1885-1970). |
| Koch | -42.8 | 150.1 | 95 | Robert; German doctor; Nobel laureate (1843-1910). |
| Kohlschütter | 14.4 | 154 | 53 | Arnold; German astronomer (1883-1969). |
| Kolhorster | 11.2 | -114.6 | 97 | Werner; German physicist (1887-1946). |
| Komarov | 24.7 | 152.5 | 78 | Vladimir Mikhaylovich; Soviet cosmonaut (1927-1967). |
| Kondratyuk | -14.9 | 115.5 | 108 | Yury Vasilyevich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1897-1942). |
| Konig | -24.1 | -24.6 | 23 | Rudolf; Austrian mathematician, astronomer (1865-1927). |
| Konoplev | -28.5 | -125.5 | 25 | B.T.; Soviet radio engineer (1912-1960). Note: Formerly Ellerman Q. |
| Konstantinov | 19.8 | 158.4 | 66 | Konstantin Ivanovich; Russian rocketry scientist (1817-1871). |
| Kopff | -17.4 | -89.6 | 41 | August; German astronomer (1882-1960). |
| Korolev | -4 | -157.4 | 437 | Sergey Pavlovich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1906-1966). |
| Kosberg | -20.2 | 149.6 | 15 | C. A.; Soviet aeronaut (1903-1965). |
| Kostinskiy | 14.7 | 118.8 | 75 | Sergey Konstantinovich; Soviet astronomer (1867-1936). |
| Koval'skiy | -21.9 | 101 | 49 | Marian Albertovich; Russian astronomer (1821-1884). (Spelling changed from Koval'skij.) |
| Kovalevskaya | 30.8 | -129.6 | 115 | Sofya Vasilyevna; Russian mathematician (1850-1891). |
| Kozyrev | -46.8 | 129.3 | 65 | Nikolai Alexandrovich; Soviet astronomer (1908-1983). Note: Formerly Carver K. |
| Krafft | 16.6 | -72.6 | 51 | Wolfgang Ludwig; German-Russian astronomer, physicist (1743-1814). |
| Kramarov | -2.3 | -98.8 | 20 | Grigory Moiseevich; Soviet space scientist (1887-1970). Note: Formerly Lents K. |
| Kramers | 53.6 | -127.6 | 61 | Hendrik Anthony; Dutch physicist (1894-1952). |
| Krasnov | -29.9 | -79.6 | 40 | Aleksander V.; Russian astronomer (1866-1907). |
| Krasovskiy | 3.9 | -175.5 | 59 | Theodosy Nicolaevich; Soviet geodesist (1878-1948). |
| Kreiken | -9 | 84.6 | 23 | Egbert Adriaan; Dutch astronomer (1896-1964). |
| Krieger | 29 | -45.6 | 22 | Johann Nepomuk; German selenographer (1865-1902). |
| Krogh | 9.4 | 65.7 | 19 | Schack August Steenberg; Danish zoologist, physiologist; Nobel laureate (1874-1949). |
| Krusenstern | -26.2 | 5.9 | 47 | Adam Johann, Baron Von; Russian explorer (1770-1846). |
| Krylov | 35.6 | -165.8 | 49 | Aleksei Nikolaevich; Soviet mathematician, mechanical engineer (1863-1945). |
| Kugler | -53.8 | 103.7 | 65 | Franz Xaver; German-Babylonian chronologist (1862-1929). |
| Kuiper | -9.8 | -22.7 | 6 | Gerard Peter; Dutch-American astronomer (1905-1973). |
| Kulik | 42.4 | -154.5 | 58 | Leonid Alekseevich; Soviet mineralogist (1883-1942). |
| Kundt | -11.5 | -11.5 | 10 | August Adolph Eduard Eberhard; German physicist (1839-1894). |
| Kunowsky | 3.2 | -32.5 | 18 | Georg Karl Friedrich; German astronomer (1786-1846). |
| Kuo Shou Ching | 8.4 | -133.7 | 34 | Chinese astronomer (1231-1316). |
| Kurchatov | 38.3 | 142.1 | 106 | Igor' Vasil'evich; Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960). |
| L. Clark | -43.7 | -147.7 | 16 | Laurel Blair Salton; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist (1961-2003). |
| La Caille | -23.8 | 1.1 | 67 | Nicholas-Louis De; French astronomer (1713-1762). |
| La Condamine | 53.4 | -28.2 | 37 | Charles-Marie de; French astronomer, physicist (1701-1774). |
| La Perouse | -10.7 | 76.3 | 77 | Jean Francois de Galoup, Comte De La Perouse; French explorer (1741-1788). |
| Lacchini | 41.7 | -107.5 | 58 | Giovanni; Italian astronomer (1884-1967). |
| Lacroix | -37.9 | -59 | 37 | Sylvestre Francois; French mathematician (1765-1843). |
| Lade | -1.3 | 10.1 | 55 | Heinrich Eduard von; German astronomer (1817-1904). |
| Lagalla | -44.6 | -22.5 | 85 | Giulio Cesare; Italian philosopher (1571-1624). |
| Lagrange | -32.3 | -72.8 | 225 | Joseph Louis; Italian mathematician (1736-1813). |
| Lalande | -4.4 | -8.6 | 24 | Joseph Jerôme Le François de; French astronomer (1732-1807). |
| Lallemand | -14.3 | -84.1 | 18 | Andre; French astronomer (1904-1978). Note: Formerly Kopff A. |
| Lamarck | -22.9 | -69.8 | 100 | Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet; French natural historian (1744-1829). |
| Lamb | -42.9 | 100.1 | 106 | Sir Horace; British mathematician, physicist (1849-1934). |
| Lambert | 25.8 | -21 | 30 | Johann Heinrich; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1728-1777). |
| Lame | -14.7 | 64.5 | 84 | Gabriel; French mathematician (1795-1870). |
| Lamech | 42.7 | 13.1 | 13 | Felix Chemla; French selenographer (1894-1962). |
| Lamont | 4.4 | 23.7 | 106 | Johann von; Scottish-born German astronomer (1805-1879). |
| Lampland | -31 | 131 | 65 | Carl Otto; American astronomer (1873-1951). |
| Landau | 41.6 | -118.1 | 214 | Lev Davidovich; Soviet physicist; Nobel laureate (1908-1968). |
| Lander | -15.3 | 131.8 | 40 | Richard Lemon; British explorer (1804-1834). |
| Landsteiner | 31.3 | -14.8 | 6 | Karl; Austrian-American pathologist; Nobel laureate (1868-1943). |
| Lane | -9.5 | 132 | 55 | Jonathan Homer; American physicist, astrophysicist (1819-1880). |
| Langemak | -10.3 | 118.7 | 97 | Georgij Erikhovich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1898-1938). |
| Langevin | 44.3 | 162.7 | 58 | Paul; French physicist (1872-1946). |
| Langley | 51.1 | -86.3 | 59 | Samuel Pierpont; American astronomer, physicist (1834-1906). |
| Langmuir | -35.7 | -128.4 | 91 | Irving; American physicist, chemist; Nobel laureate (1881-1957). |
| Langrenus | -8.9 | 61.1 | 127 | Langren, Michel Florent van; Belgian selenographer, engineer (c. 1600-1675). |
| Lansberg | -0.3 | -26.6 | 38 | Philippe van; Belgian astronomer (1561-1632). |
| Larmor | 32.1 | -179.7 | 97 | Sir Joseph; British mathematician, physicist (1857-1942). |
| Lassell | -15.5 | -7.9 | 23 | William; British astronomer (1799-1880). |
| Laue | 28 | -96.7 | 87 | Max Theodor Felix von; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1960). |
| Lauritsen | -27.6 | 96.1 | 52 | Charles Christian; Danish-American physicist (1892-1968). |
| Lavoisier | 38.2 | -81.2 | 70 | Antoine Laurent; French chemist (1743-1794). |
| Lawrence | 7.4 | 43.2 | 24 | Ernest Orlando; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1901-1958), and Robert Henry, Jr.; American astronaut (1935-1967). |
| Le Gentil | -74.6 | -75.7 | 128 | Guillaume Hyazinthe; French astronomer (1725-1792). |
| Le Monnier | 26.6 | 30.6 | 60 | Pierre Charles; French astronomer, physicist (1715-1799). |
| Le Verrier | 40.3 | -20.6 | 20 | Urbain-Jean-Joseph; French astronomer, mathematician (1811-1877). |
| Leakey | -3.2 | 37.4 | 12 | Louis Seymour Bazett; British archaeologist (1903-1972). |
| Leavitt | -44.8 | -139.3 | 66 | Henrietta Swan; American astronomer (1868-1921). |
| Lebedev | -47.3 | 107.8 | 102 | Pëtr Nikolajevich; Russian physicist (1866-1912). |
| Lebedinskiy | 8.3 | -164.3 | 62 | Aleksandr I.; Soviet astrophysicist (1913-1967). |
| Lebesgue | -5.1 | 89 | 11 | Henri Leon; French mathematician (1875-1941). |
| Lee | -30.7 | -40.7 | 41 | John; British astronomer, humanitarian (1783-1866). |
| Leeuwenhoek | -29.3 | -178.7 | 125 | Antony van; Dutch microscopist (1632-1723). |
| Legendre | -28.9 | 70.2 | 78 | Adrien Marie; French mathematician (1752-1833). |
| Lehmann | -40 | -56 | 53 | Jacob Heinrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1800-1863). |
| Leibnitz | -38.3 | 179.2 | 245 | Gottfried Wilhelm; German mathematician, philosopher (1646-1716). |
| Lemaître | -61.2 | -149.6 | 91 | Georges Henri Joseph Edouard; Belgian mathematician (1894-1966). |
| Lents (Lenz) | 2.8 | -102.1 | 21 | Heinrich Friedrich Emil; Russian physicist (1804-1865). |
| Leonov | 19 | 148.2 | 33 | Aleksey Arkhipovich; Soviet cosmonaut (1934-Live). |
| Lepaute | -33.3 | -33.6 | 16 | Nicole Reine De La Briere; French astronomer (1723-1788). |
| Letronne | -10.8 | -42.5 | 116 | Jean Antoine; French archaeologist (1787-1848). |
| Leucippus | 29.1 | -116 | 56 | Greek philosopher (unkn-fl. c. 440 B.C.). |
| Leuschner | 1.8 | -108.8 | 49 | Armin Otto; American astronomer (1868-1953). |
| Levi-Civita | -23.7 | 143.4 | 121 | Tullio; Italian mathematician, physicist (1873-1941). |
| Lewis | -18.5 | -113.8 | 42 | Gilbert Newton; American chemist (1875-1946). |
| Lexell | -35.8 | -4.2 | 62 | Anders Johan; Swedish-Russian mathematician, astronomer (1740-1784). |
| Ley | 42.2 | 154.9 | 79 | Willy; German-American rocketry scientist (1906-1969). |
| [Li Po] | -3.5 | 90.6 | 15 | Chinese writer (701-762). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hume Z. |
| Licetus | -47.1 | 6.7 | 74 | Liceti, Fortunio; Italian physicist, philosopher, doctor (1577-1657). |
| Lichtenberg | 31.8 | -67.7 | 20 | Georg Christoph; German physicist (1742-1799). |
| Lick | 12.4 | 52.7 | 31 | James; American benefactor (1796-1876). |
| Liebig | -24.3 | -48.2 | 37 | Justus, Baron von Liebig; German chemist (1803-1873). |
| Lilius | -54.5 | 6.2 | 61 | Luigi Giglio; Italian doctor, philosopher, chronologist (unkn-1576). |
| Linda | 30.7 | -33.4 | 1 | Spanish female name. |
| Lindbergh | -5.4 | 52.9 | 12 | Charles Augustus; American aviator (1902-1974). |
| Lindblad | 70.4 | -98.8 | 66 | Bertil; Swedish astronomer (1895-1965). |
| Lindenau | -32.3 | 24.9 | 53 | Bernhard von; German astronomer (1780-1854). |
| Lindsay | -7 | 13 | 32 | Eric M.; Irish astronomer (1907-1974). |
| Linne | 27.7 | 11.8 | 2 | Carl von; Swedish botanist (1707-1778). |
| Liouville | 2.6 | 73.5 | 16 | Joseph; French mathematician (1809-1882). |
| Lippershey | -25.9 | -10.3 | 6 | Hans (Jan Lapprey); Dutch optician (unkn-1619). |
| Lippmann | -56 | -114.9 | 160 | Gabriel; French physicist; Nobel laureate (1845-1921). |
| Lipskiy | -2.2 | -179.5 | 80 | Yurii Naumovich; Soviet selenographer (1909-1978). |
| Litke (Lütke) | -16.8 | 123.1 | 39 | Fyodor Petrovich; Russian geographer (1797-1882). |
| Littrow | 21.5 | 31.4 | 30 | Johann Josef von; Bohemian astronomer (1781-1840). |
| Lobachevskiy | 9.9 | 112.6 | 84 | Nikolay Ivanovich; Russian mathematician (1793-1856). |
| Lockyer | -46.2 | 36.7 | 34 | Sir Joseph Norman; British astrophysicist (1836-1920). |
| Lodygin | -17.7 | -146.8 | 62 | Aleksandr Nikolaevich; Russian inventor (1847-1923). |
| Loewy | -22.7 | -32.8 | 24 | Maurice (Moritz); French astronomer (1833-1907). |
| Lohrmann | -0.5 | -67.2 | 30 | Wilhelm Gotthelf; German selenographer (1796-1840). |
| Lohse | -13.7 | 60.2 | 41 | Oswald; German astronomer (1845-1915). |
| Lomonosov | 27.3 | 98 | 92 | Mikhail Vasilievich; Russian cartographer (1711-1765). |
| [Longfellow] | -7.5 | 91.3 | 35 | Henry Wadsworth; American poet (1807-1882). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hirayama Q. |
| Longomontanus | -49.6 | -21.8 | 157 | Christian Sorensen; Danish astronomer, mathematician (1562-1647). |
| [Lorca] | 24.4 | 10.9 | 0 | Federico Garcia; Spanish writer (1899-1936). Note: The IAU-approved name for this feature is Aratus CA. |
| Lorentz | 32.6 | -95.3 | 312 | Hendrik Antoon; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1853-1928). |
| Louise | 28.5 | -34.2 | 0.8 | French female name. |
| Louville | 44 | -46 | 36 | Jacques D'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville; French astronomer, mathematician (1671-1732). |
| Love | -6.3 | 129 | 84 | Augustus Edward Hough; British mathematician, geophysicist (1863-1940). |
| Lovelace | 82.3 | -106.4 | 54 | William Randolph, II; American doctor, space scientist (1907-1965). |
| Lovell | -36.8 | -141.9 | 34 | James A., Jr.; American astronaut (1928-Live). |
| Lowell | -12.9 | -103.1 | 66 | Percival; American astronomer (1855-1916). |
| Lubbock | -3.9 | 41.8 | 13 | Sir John William; British astronomer, mathematician (1803-1865). |
| Lubiniezky | -17.8 | -23.8 | 43 | Stanislaus; Polish astronomer (1623-1675). |
| Lucian | 14.3 | 36.7 | 7 | Of Samosata; Greek writer (125-190). |
| Lucretius | -8.2 | -120.8 | 63 | Titus Lucretius Carus; Roman scientific philosopher (c. 94-55 B.C.). |
| Ludwig | -7.7 | 97.4 | 23 | Carl Friedrich Wilhelm; German physiologist (1816-1895). |
| Lundmark | -39.7 | 152.5 | 106 | Knut Emil; Swedish astronomer (1889-1958). |
| Luther | 33.2 | 24.1 | 9 | Carl Theodor Robert; German astronomer (1822-1900). |
| Lyapunov | 26.3 | 89.3 | 66 | Aleksandr Mikhailovich; Russian mathematician, engineer (1857-1918). |
| Lyell | 13.6 | 40.6 | 32 | Sir Charles; Scottish geologist (1797-1875). |
| Lyman | -64.8 | 163.6 | 84 | Theodore; American physicist (1874-1954). |
| Lyot | -49.8 | 84.5 | 132 | Bernard Ferdinand; French astronomer (1897-1952). |
| M. Anderson | -41.6 | -149 | 17 | Michael Phillip; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Payload Commander (1959-2003). |
| Mach | 18.5 | -149.3 | 180 | Ernst; Austrian physicist, philosopher (1838-1916). |
| Maclaurin | -1.9 | 68 | 50 | Colin; Scottish mathematician (1698-1746). (Spelling changed from MacLaurin.) |
| Maclear | 10.5 | 20.1 | 20 | Sir Thomas; Irish-born South African astronomer (1794-1879). |
| MacMillan | 24.2 | -7.8 | 7 | William Duncan; American mathematician, astronomer (1871-1948). |
| Macrobius | 21.3 | 46 | 64 | Ambrosius Aurelius Theodosius; Roman writer (unkn-fl. c. 410). |
| Madler | -11 | 29.8 | 27 | Johann Heinrich; German astronomer (1794-1874). |
| Maestlin | 4.9 | -40.6 | 7 | Michael; German mathematician (1550-1631). |
| Magelhaens | -11.9 | 44.1 | 40 | Fernao De (Ferdinand Magellan); Portuguese explorer (1480-1521). |
| Maginus | -50.5 | -6.3 | 194 | Magini, Giovanni Antonio; Italian astronomer, mathematician (1555-1617). |
| Main | 80.8 | 10.1 | 46 | Robert; British astronomer (1808-1878). |
| Mairan | 41.6 | -43.4 | 40 | Jean Jacques D'Ortous De; French geophysicist (1678-1771). |
| Maksutov | -40.5 | -168.7 | 83 | Dmitrij Dmitrievich; Soviet optician (1896-1964). |
| Malapert | -84.9 | 12.9 | 69 | Charles; Belgian astronomer, mathematician, philosopher (1581-1630). |
| Mallet | -45.4 | 54.2 | 58 | Robert; Irish seismologist, engineer (1810-1881). |
| Malyy | 21.9 | 105.3 | 41 | Aleksandr L.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1907-1961). |
| Mandel'shtam | 5.4 | 162.4 | 197 | Leonid Isaakovich; Soviet physicist (1879-1944). |
| Manilius | 14.5 | 9.1 | 38 | Marcus; Roman writer (unkn-c. 50 B.C.). |
| [Mann] | -23.1 | 120.1 | 23 | Thomas; German writer (1875-1955). Note: The approved name for this feature is Zhiritskiy Z. |
| Manners | 4.6 | 20 | 15 | Russell Henry; British astronomer (1800-1870). |
| Manuel | 24.5 | 11.3 | 0.5 | Spanish male name. |
| Manzinus | -67.7 | 26.8 | 98 | Manzini, Carlo Antonio; Italian astronomer (1599-1677). |
| Maraldi | 19.4 | 34.9 | 39 | Giovanni Domenico; Italian-born French astronomer, geodesist (1709-1788);
Giacomo Filippo; Italian-born French astronomer (1665-1729). |
| Marci | 22.6 | -167 | 25 | Jan Marek Marci von Kronland; Czechoslovakian physicist (1595-1667). |
| Marco Polo | 15.4 | -2 | 28 | Italian explorer (1254-1324). |
| Marconi | -9.6 | 145.1 | 73 | Guglielmo; Italian physicist, inventor; Nobel laureate (1874-1937). |
| Marinus | -39.4 | 76.5 | 58 | Of Tyre; Greek geographer (unkn-c. 100). |
| Mariotte | -28.5 | -139.1 | 65 | Edme; French physicist (1620-1684). |
| Marius | 11.9 | -50.8 | 41 | Mayer, Simon; German astronomer (1573-1624). |
| Markov | 53.4 | -62.7 | 40 | Aleksandr Vladimirovich; Soviet astrophysicist (1897-1968); Andrei Andreevich; Russian mathematician (1856-1922). |
| Marth | -31.1 | -29.3 | 6 | Albert; German astronomer (1828-1897). |
| Mary | 18.9 | 27.4 | 1 | English form of Hebrew female name. |
| Maskelyne | 2.2 | 30.1 | 23 | Nevil; British astronomer (1732-1811). |
| Mason | 42.6 | 30.5 | 33 | Charles; British astronomer (1730-1787). |
| Maunder | -14.6 | -93.8 | 55 | Annie Scott Dill Russell; British astronomer (1868-1947); Edward Walter; British astronomer (1851-1928). |
| Maupertuis | 49.6 | -27.3 | 45 | Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759). |
| Maurolycus | -42 | 14 | 114 | Maurolico, Francesco; Italian mathematician (1494-1575). |
| Maury | 37.1 | 39.6 | 17 | Matthew Fontaine; American oceanographer (1806-1873); Antonia Caetana de Paiva Pereira;
American astronomer (1866-1952). |
| Mavis | 29.8 | -26.4 | 1 | Scottish female name. |
| Maxwell | 30.2 | 98.9 | 107 | James Clerk; British physicist (1831-1879). |
| McAdie | 2.1 | 92.1 | 45 | Alexander George; American meteorologist (1863-1943). |
| McAuliffe | -33 | -148.9 | 19 | Sharon Christa Corrigan; civilian school teacher member of the Challenger crew (1948-1986). Note: Formerly Borman Y. |
| McClure | -15.3 | 50.3 | 23 | Robert Le Mesurier; British explorer (1807-1873). |
| McCool | -41.7 | -146.3 | 21 | William Cameron; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Pilot (1961-2003). |
| McDonald | 30.4 | -20.9 | 7 | William Johnson; American benefactor (1844-1926); Thomas Logie; Scottish selenographer (1901-1973). |
| McKellar | -15.7 | -170.8 | 51 | Andrew; Canadian astronomer (1910-1960). |
| McLaughlin | 47.1 | -92.9 | 79 | Dean Benjamin; American astronomer (1901-1965). |
| McMath | 17.3 | -165.6 | 86 | Francis Charles; American engineer, astronomer (1867-1938); Robert Raynolds; American astronomer (1891-1962). |
| McNair | -35.7 | -147.3 | 29 | Ronald Ewald; member of the Challenger crew (1950-1986). Note: Formerly Borman A. |
| McNally | 22.6 | -127.2 | 47 | Paul Aloysius; American astronomer (1890-1955). |
| Mechnikov | -11 | -149 | 60 | Ilya Ilich; Russian-French bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1845-1916). |
| Mee | -43.7 | -35.3 | 126 | Arthur Butler Phillips; Scottish astronomer (1860-1926). |
| Mees | 13.6 | -96.1 | 50 | Charles Edward Kenneth; British-born American photographer (1882-1960). |
| Meggers | 24.3 | 123 | 52 | William Frederick; American physicist (1888-1966). |
| Meitner | -10.5 | 112.7 | 87 | Lise; Austrian physicist (1878-1968). |
| Melissa | 8.1 | 121.8 | 18 | Greek female name. Note: Formerly Ibn Firnas Y. |
| Mendel | -48.8 | -109.4 | 138 | Gregor Johann; Austrian biologist (1822-1884). |
| Mendeleev | 5.7 | 140.9 | 313 | Dmitri Ivanovich; Russian chemist (1834-1907). |
| Menelaus | 16.3 | 16 | 26 | Of Alexandria; Greek geometer, astronomer (c. A.D. 98). |
| Menzel | 3.4 | 36.9 | 3 | Donald Howard; American astrophysicist, Smithsonian researcher (1901-1976). |
| Mercator | -29.3 | -26.1 | 46 | Gerard De Kremer (Gerhardus Mercator); Belgian cartographer, geographer, mathematician (1512-1594). |
| Mercurius | 46.6 | 66.2 | 67 | Mercury; Roman mythical messenger. |
| Merrill | 75.2 | -116.3 | 57 | Paul Willard; American astronomer (1887-1961). |
| Mersenius | -21.5 | -49.2 | 84 | Mersenne, Marin; French mathematician, physicist (1588-1648). |
| Meshcherskiy | 12.2 | 125.5 | 65 | Ivan Vsevolodovich; Russian mathematician (1859-1935). |
| Messala | 39.2 | 60.5 | 125 | ERR |
| Messier | -1.9 | 47.6 | 11 | Charles; French astronomer (1730-1817). |
| Metius | -40.3 | 43.3 | 87 | Adriaan Adriaanszoon; Dutch astronomer (1571-1635). |
| Meton | 73.6 | 18.8 | 130 | Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.). |
| Mezentsev | 72.1 | -128.7 | 89 | Yurij B.; Soviet rocket scientist (1929-1965). |
| Michael | 25.1 | 0.2 | 4 | English male name. |
| Michelson | 7.2 | -120.7 | 123 | Albert Abraham; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1931). |
| Milankovic | 77.2 | 168.8 | 101 | Milutin; Yugoslavian astronomer (1879-1958). |
| Milichius | 10 | -30.2 | 12 | Milich, Jacob; German doctor, mathematician, astronomer (1501-1559). |
| Miller | -39.3 | 0.8 | 61 | William Allen; British chemist (1817-1870). |
| Millikan | 46.8 | 121.5 | 98 | Robert Andrews; American physicist; Nobel laureate (1868-1953). |
| Mills | 8.6 | 156 | 32 | Mark Muir; American physicist (1917-1958). |
| Milne | -31.4 | 112.2 | 272 | Edward Arthur; British mathematician, astrophysicist (1896-1950). |
| [Milton] | -1.6 | 90.9 | 35 | John; British writer (1608-1674). Note: The approved name for this feature is Purkyne S. |
| Mineur | 25 | -161.3 | 73 | Henri; French mathematician, astronomer (1899-1954). |
| Minkowski | -56.5 | -146 | 113 | Hermann; German mathematician (1864-1909); Rudolph Leo Bernhard; American astronomer (1895-1976). |
| Minnaert | -67.8 | 179.6 | 125 | Marcel Gilles Jozef; Dutch astronomer, astrophysicist (1893-1970). |
| Mitchell | 49.7 | 20.2 | 30 | Maria; American astronomer (1818-1889). |
| Mitra | 18 | -154.7 | 92 | Sisir Kumar; Indian physicist (1890-1963). |
| Mobius | 15.8 | 101.2 | 50 | August Ferdinand; German mathematician, astronomer (1790-1868). |
| Mohorovicic | -19 | -165 | 51 | Andrija; Croatian geophysicist (1857-1936). |
| Moigno | 66.4 | 28.9 | 36 | Francois Napoleon Marie; French mathematician, physicist (1804-1884). |
| Moiseev | 9.5 | 103.3 | 59 | Nikolay Dmitrievich; Soviet astronomer (1902-1955). |
| Moissan | 4.8 | 137.4 | 21 | Ferdinand Frederic Henri; French chemist; Nobel laureate (1852-1907). |
| Moltke | -0.6 | 24.2 | 6 | Helmuth Karl, Graf von; German benefactor (1800-1891). |
| Monge | -19.2 | 47.6 | 36 | Gaspard; French mathematician (1746-1818). |
| Monira | -12.6 | -1.7 | 2 | Arabic female name. |
| [Montaigne] | -4.4 | 99.5 | 55 | Michel De; French writer (1533-1592). |
| Montanari | -45.8 | -20.6 | 76 | Geminiano; Italian astronomer, mathematician (1633-1687). |
| [Montesquieu] | -6.2 | 92.3 | 0 | Charles De Secondat, Baron De; French writer (1689-1755). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hirayama S. |
| Montgolfier | 47.3 | -159.8 | 88 | Jacques-Etienne; French inventor (1745-1799); Joseph-Michael; French inventor (1740-1810). |
| Moore | 37.4 | -177.5 | 54 | Joseph Haines; American astronomer (1878-1949). |
| Moretus | -70.6 | -5.8 | 111 | Moret, Theodore; Belgian mathematician (1602-1667). |
| Morley | -2.8 | 64.6 | 14 | Edward Williams; American chemist (1838-1923). |
| Morozov | 5 | 127.4 | 42 | Nikolaj Aleksandrovich; Soviet natural scientist (1854-1945). |
| Morse | 22.1 | -175.1 | 77 | Samuel Finley Breese; American inventor (1791-1872). |
| Moseley | 20.9 | -90.1 | 90 | Henry Gwyn Jeffreys; British physicist (1887-1915). |
| Mosting | -0.7 | -5.9 | 24 | Johan Sigismund von; Danish benefactor (1759-1843). |
| Mouchez | 78.3 | -26.6 | 81 | Ernest Amedee Barthelemy; French astronomer (1821-1892). |
| Moulton | -61.1 | 97.2 | 49 | Forest R.; American astronomer (1872-1952). |
| Muller | -7.6 | 2.1 | 22 | Karl; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1866-1942). |
| Murakami | -23.3 | -140.5 | 45 | Harutaro; Japanese physicist, astronomer (1872-1947). Note: Formerly Mariotte Y. |
| Murchison | 5.1 | -0.1 | 57 | Sir Roderick Impey; Scottish geologist (1792-1871). |
| Mutus | -63.6 | 30.1 | 77 | Vincente Mut, or Muth; Spanish astronomer (unkn-1673). |
| Nagaoka | 19.4 | 154 | 46 | Hantaro; Japanese physicist (1865-1940). |
| Nansen | 80.9 | 95.3 | 104 | Fridtjof; Norwegian explorer (1861-1930). |
| Naonobu | -4.6 | 57.8 | 34 | Ajima; Japanese mathematician (c. 1732-1798). |
| Nasireddin | -41 | 0.2 | 52 | Nasir-Al-Din (Mohammed Ibn Hassan); Persian astronomer (1201-1274). |
| Nasmyth | -50.5 | -56.2 | 76 | James; Scottish engineer, astronomer (1808-1890). |
| Nassau | -24.9 | 177.4 | 76 | Jason John; American astronomer (1892-1965). |
| Natasha | 20 | -31.3 | 12 | Russian female name. Note: Formerly Euler P. |
| Naumann | 35.4 | -62 | 9 | Karl Friedrich; German geologist (1797-1873). |
| Neander | -31.3 | 39.9 | 50 | Neumann, Michael; German mathematician (1529-1581). |
| Nearch | -58.5 | 39.1 | 75 | Nearchus of Crete; Greek explorer (unkn-fl. 312 B.C.). |
| Necho | -5 | 123.1 | 30 | Egyptian ruler (610-593 B.C.). |
| Neison | 68.3 | 25.1 | 53 | (Neville), Edmund; British astronomer, selenographer (1849-1940). |
| Neper | 8.5 | 84.6 | 137 | John; Scottish mathematician (1550-1617). |
| Nernst | 35.3 | -94.8 | 116 | Walther Hermann; German physical chemist; Nobel laureate (1864-1941). |
| Neujmin | -27 | 125 | 101 | Grigorij Nikolaevich; Soviet astronomer (1885-1946). |
| Neumayer | -71.1 | 70.7 | 76 | Georg Balthasar von; German meteorologist, hydrographer (1826-1909). |
| Newcomb | 29.9 | 43.8 | 41 | Simon; Canadian-American astronomer (1835-1909). |
| Newton | -76.7 | -16.9 | 78 | Sir Isaac; British mathematician, physicist, astronomer (1643-1727). |
| Nicholson | -26.2 | -85.1 | 38 | Seth Barnes; American astronomer (1891-1963). |
| Nicolai | -42.4 | 25.9 | 42 | Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried; German astronomer (1793-1846). |
| Nicollet | -21.9 | -12.5 | 15 | Joseph Nicholas; French astronomer (1786-1843). |
| Nielsen | 31.8 | -51.8 | 9 | Axel Vilfrid; Danish astronomer (1902-1970); Harald Herborg; American physicist (1903-1973). |
| Niepce | 72.7 | -119.1 | 57 | Joseph-Nicephore; French physicist, photographer (1765-1833). (Spelling changed from Niepce.) |
| Nijland | 33 | 134.1 | 35 | Albertus Antonie; Dutch astronomer (1868-1936). |
| Nikolaev | 35.2 | 151.3 | 41 | Andriyan Grigoryevich; Soviet cosmonaut (1929-2004). |
| Nishina | -44.6 | -170.4 | 65 | Yoshio; Japanese physicist (1890-1951). |
| Nobel | 15 | -101.3 | 48 | Alfred Bernhard; Swedish inventor (1833-1896). |
| Nobile | -85.2 | 53.5 | 73 | Umberto; Italian artic explorer (1885-1978). Note: Formerly Scott A. |
| Nobili | 0.2 | 75.9 | 42 | Leopoldo; Italian physicist (1784-1835). |
| Noggerath | -48.8 | -45.7 | 30 | Johann Jakob; German geologist, mineralogist, seismologist (1788-1877). |
| Nonius | -34.8 | 3.8 | 69 | Pedro Nunez Salaciense; Portuguese mathematician (1502-1578). |
| Norman | -11.8 | -30.4 | 10 | Robert; British natural scientist (unkn-fl. c. 1590). |
| Nother (Noether) | 66.6 | -113.5 | 67 | Emmy; German mathematician (1882-1935). |
| [Novalis] | -11.7 | 84.7 | 8 | Noval, Friedrich von Hardenberg; German writer (1772-1801). |
| Numerov | -70.7 | -160.7 | 113 | Boris Vasilievich; Soviet astronomer (1891-1941). |
| Nunn | 4.6 | 91.1 | 19 | Joseph; American engineer (1905-1968). |
| Nusl | 32.3 | 167.6 | 61 | Frantisek; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1867-1925). (Spelling changed from Nüsl.) |
| O'Day | -30.6 | 157.5 | 71 | Marcus; American physicist (1897-1961). |
| Oberth | 62.4 | 155.4 | 60 | Hermann; Austrian space scientist (1894-1989). Note: Formerly Yamamoto W |
| Obruchev | -38.9 | 162.1 | 71 | Vladimir Afanasievich; Soviet geologist (1863-1956). |
| Oenopides | 57 | -64.1 | 67 | Of Chios; Greek astronomer, geometrician (500(?)-430 B.C.). |
| Oersted | 43.1 | 47.2 | 42 | Hans Christian; Danish physicist, chemist (1777-1851). |
| Ohm | 18.4 | -113.5 | 64 | Georg Simon; German physicist (1789-1854). |
| Oken | -43.7 | 75.9 | 71 | (Okenfuss), Lorenz; German biologist, physiologist (1779-1851). |
| Olbers | 7.4 | -75.9 | 74 | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus; German astronomer, doctor (1758-1840). |
| Olcott | 20.6 | 117.8 | 81 | William Tyler; American astronomer (1873-1936). |
| Olivier | 59.1 | 138.5 | 69 | Charles Pollard; American astronomer (1884-1975). |
| Omar Khayyam | 58 | -102.1 | 70 | Al-Khayyami; Persian mathematician, astronomer, poet (c. 1048-c. 1131). |
| Onizuka | -36.2 | -148.9 | 29 | Ellison Shoji; member of the Challenger crew (1946-1986). |
| Opelt | -16.3 | -17.5 | 48 | Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1794-1863). |
| Oppenheimer | -35.2 | -166.3 | 208 | J. (Julius) Robert; American physicist (1904-1967). |
| Oppolzer | -1.5 | -0.5 | 40 | Theodor Ritter von; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1841-1886). |
| Oresme | -42.4 | 169.2 | 76 | Oresme, Nicole; French mathematician (1323(?)-1382). |
| Orlov | -25.7 | -175 | 81 | Aleksandr Iakovlevich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1954); Sergei Vladimirovich; Soviet astronomer (1880-1958). |
| Orontius | -40.6 | -4.6 | 105 | Oronce Fine (Orontius Finaeus Delphinatus); French mathematician, cartographer (1494-1555). |
| Osama | 18.6 | 5.2 | 0.5 | Arabic male name |
| Osiris | 18.6 | 27.6 | 1 | Egyptian god of the dead |
| Osman | -11 | -6.2 | 2 | Turkish male name. |
| Ostwald | 10.4 | 121.9 | 104 | Wilhelm; German chemist; Nobel laureate (1853-1932). |
| Palisa | -9.4 | -7.2 | 33 | Johann; Czechoslovakian-Austrian astronomer (1848-1925). |
| Palitzsch | -28 | 64.5 | 41 | Johann Georg; German astronomer (1723-1788). |
| Pallas | 5.5 | -1.6 | 46 | Peter Simon; German-born Russian geologist, natural historian (1741-1811). |
| Palmieri | -28.6 | -47.7 | 40 | Luigi; Italian physicist, mathematician (1807-1896). |
| Paneth | 63 | -94.8 | 65 | Friedrich Adolf; German chemist (1887-1958). |
| Pannekoek | -4.2 | 140.5 | 71 | Antonie; Dutch astronomer (1873-1960). |
| Papaleksi | 10.2 | 164 | 97 | Nikolaj Dmitrievich; Soviet physicist (1880-1947). |
| Paracelsus | -23 | 163.1 | 83 | Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim; Swiss-German doctor, chemist (1493-1541). |
| Paraskevopoulos | 50.4 | -149.9 | 94 | John Stefanos; Greek-American astronomer (1889-1951). |
| Parenago | 25.9 | -108.5 | 93 | Pavel Petrovich; Soviet astronomer (1906-1960). |
| Parkhurst | -33.4 | 103.6 | 96 | John A.; American astronomer (1861-1925). |
| Parrot | -14.5 | 3.3 | 70 | Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm; Russian doctor, physicist (1792-1840). |
| Parry | -7.9 | -15.8 | 47 | William Edward; British explorer (1790-1855). |
| Parsons | 37.3 | -171.2 | 40 | John "Jack" Whiteside; American rocketry scientist (1914-1952). |
| Pascal | 74.6 | -70.3 | 115 | Blaise; French mathematician (1623-1662). |
| Paschen | -13.5 | -139.8 | 124 | Friedrich; German physicist (1865-1940). |
| Pasteur | -11.9 | 104.6 | 224 | Louis; French chemist, microbiologist (1822-1895). |
| Patricia | 25 | 0.3 | 5 | English female name. |
| Patsaev | -16.7 | 133.4 | 55 | Viktor Ivanovich; Soviet engineer, cosmonaut (1933-1971). |
| Pauli | -44.5 | 137.5 | 84 | Wolfgang; Austrian-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1900-1958). |
| Pavlov | -28.8 | 142.5 | 148 | Ivan Petrovich; Soviet physiologist; Nobel laureate (1849-1936). |
| Pawsey | 44.5 | 145 | 60 | Joseph Lade; Australian radio astronomer (1908-1962). |
| Peary | 88.6 | 33 | 73 | Robert Edwin; American explorer (1856-1920). |
| Pease | 12.5 | -106.1 | 38 | Francis Gladheim; American astronomer (1881-1938). |
| Peek | 2.6 | 86.9 | 12 | Bertrand Meigh; British astronomer (1891-1965). |
| Peirce | 18.3 | 53.5 | 18 | Benjamin; American mathematician, astronomer (1809-1880). |
| Peirescius | -46.5 | 67.6 | 61 | Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri De; French astronomer, archaeologist (1580-1637). |
| Pentland | -64.6 | 11.5 | 56 | Joseph Barclay; Irish geographer (1797-1873). |
| Perel'man | -24 | 106 | 46 | Yakov Isidorovich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1882-1942). |
| Perepelkin | -10 | 129 | 97 | Yevgenii Yakovlevich; Soviet astrophysicist (1906-1938). |
| Perkin | 47.2 | -175.9 | 62 | Richard Scott; American telescope manufacturer (1906-1969). |
| Perrine | 42.5 | -127.8 | 86 | Charles Dillon; American astronomer (1867-1951). |
| Petavius | -25.1 | 60.4 | 188 | Petau, Denis; French chronologist, astronomer (1583-1652). |
| Petermann | 74.2 | 66.3 | 73 | August Heinrich; German geographer (1822-1878). |
| Peters | 68.1 | 29.5 | 15 | Christian August Friedrich; German astronomer (1806-1880). |
| Petit | 2.3 | 63.5 | 5 | Alexis Therese; French physicist (1771-1820). |
| Petrie | 45.3 | 108.4 | 33 | Robert Methven; Scottish-born Canadian astrophysicist (1906-1966). |
| Petropavlovskiy | 37.2 | -114.8 | 63 | Boris S.; Soviet rocketry engineer (1898-1933). |
| Petrov | -61.4 | 88 | 49 | Evgenij S.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1900-1942). |
| Pettit | -27.5 | -86.6 | 35 | Edison; American astronomer (1889-1962). |
| Petzval | -62.7 | -110.4 | 90 | Joseph von; Austrian optician (1807-1891). |
| Phillips | -26.6 | 75.3 | 122 | John; British geologist, astronomer (1800-1874). |
| Philolaus | 72.1 | -32.4 | 70 | Of Croton; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (unkn-fl. 400 B.C.). |
| Phocylides | -52.7 | -57 | 121 | Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker); Dutch astronomer (1618-1651). |
| Piazzi | -36.6 | -67.9 | 134 | Giuseppe; Italian astronomer (1746-1826). |
| Piazzi Smyth | 41.9 | -3.2 | 13 | Charles; Italian-born Scottish astronomer (1819-1900). |
| Picard | 14.6 | 54.7 | 22 | Jean; French astronomer (1620-1682). |
| Piccolomini | -29.7 | 32.2 | 87 | Alessandro; Italian astronomer (1508-1578). |
| Pickering | -2.9 | 7 | 15 | Edward Charles; American astronomer (1846-1919); William H.; American astronomer (1858-1938). |
| Pictet | -43.6 | -7.4 | 62 | Pictet-Turretin, Marc-Auguste; Swiss physicist (1752-1825). |
| Pikel'ner | -47.9 | 123.3 | 47 | Solomon Borisovich; Soviet astronomer, cosmologist (1921-1975). |
| Pilatre | -60.2 | -86.9 | 50 | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier; French aeronaut (1756-1785). Note: Formerly Hausen B |
| Pingre | -58.7 | -73.7 | 88 | Alexandre Guy; French astronomer (1711-1796). |
| [Pirandello] | 2.8 | 88.8 | 8 | Luigi; Italian playwright, novelist (1867-1936). |
| Pirquet | -20.3 | 139.6 | 65 | Baron Guido von; Austrian (spacecraft trajectories) astronaut (1867-1936). |
| Pitatus | -29.9 | -13.5 | 106 | Pitati, Pietro; Italian astronomer, mathematician (unkn.-fl. c. 1500). |
| Pitiscus | -50.4 | 30.9 | 82 | Bartholemaeus; German mathematician (1561-1613). |
| Pizzetti | -34.9 | 118.8 | 44 | Paolo; Italian geodesist (1860-1918). |
| Plana | 42.2 | 28.2 | 44 | Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo; Italian astronomer, geometrician (1781-1864). |
| Planck | -57.9 | 136.8 | 314 | Max Karl Ernst; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1858-1947). |
| Plante | -10.2 | 163.3 | 37 | Gaston; French physicist (1834-1889). |
| Plaskett | 82.1 | 174.3 | 109 | John Stanley; Canadian astronomer (1865-1941). |
| Plato | 51.6 | -9.4 | 109 | Greek philosopher c.428-c.347 B.C. |
| Playfair | -23.5 | 8.4 | 47 | John; Scottish mathematician, geologist (1748-1819). |
| Plinius | 15.4 | 23.7 | 43 | Gaius Plinius Secundus (The Elder); Roman natural scientist (23-79). |
| Plummer | -25 | -155 | 73 | Henry Crozier Keating; British astronomer (1875-1946). |
| Plutarch | 24.1 | 79 | 68 | Greek biographer (c. A.D.46-c. 120). |
| Poczobutt | 57.1 | -98.8 | 195 | Martin Odlanicky; Polish astronomer (1728-1810). |
| Pogson | -42.2 | 110.5 | 50 | Norman Robert; British astronomer (1829-1891). |
| Poincare | -56.7 | 163.6 | 319 | Jules Henri; French mathematician, physicist (1854-1912). |
| Poinsot | 79.5 | -145.7 | 68 | Louis; French mathematician (1777-1859). |
| Poisson | -30.4 | 10.6 | 42 | Simeon Denis; French mathematician (1781-1840). |
| Polybius | -22.4 | 25.6 | 41 | Greek historian (204(?)-122(?) B.C.). |
| Polzunov | 25.3 | 114.6 | 67 | Ivan Ivanovich; Russian heat engineer (1728-1766). |
| Pomortsev | 0.7 | 66.9 | 23 | Mikhail Mikhailovich; Russian rocketry scientist (1851-1916). |
| Poncelet | 75.8 | -54.1 | 69 | Jean-Victor; French mathematician, engineer (1788-1867). |
| Pons | -25.3 | 21.5 | 41 | Jean Louis; French astronomer (1761-1831). |
| Pontanus | -28.4 | 14.4 | 57 | Pontano, Giovanni Gioviani; Italian astronomer (1427-1503). |
| Pontecoulant | -58.7 | 66 | 91 | Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontecoulant; French mathematician (1795-1874). |
| [Pope] | -9.5 | 89 | 17 | Alexander; British writer (1688-1744). |
| Popov | 17.2 | 99.7 | 65 | Aleksandr Stepanovich; Russian physicist, engineer (1859-1905); C.; Bulgarian astronomer (1880-1966). |
| Porter | -56.1 | -10.1 | 51 | Russell Williams; American telescope designer (1871-1949). |
| Posidonius | 31.8 | 29.9 | 95 | Of Apamea; Greek geographer (135(?)-51(?) B.C.). |
| Poynting | 18.1 | -133.4 | 128 | John Henry; British physicist (1852-1914). |
| Prager | -3.9 | 130.5 | 60 | Richard; German-American astronomer (1883-1945). |
| Prandtl | -60.1 | 141.8 | 91 | Ludwig; German physicist (1875-1953). |
| Priestley | -57.3 | 108.4 | 52 | Joseph; British chemist (1733-1804). |
| Prinz | 25.5 | -44.1 | 46 | Wilhelm; German-Belgian astronomer (1857-1910). |
| Priscilla | -10.9 | -6.2 | 1.8 | Latin female name. |
| Proclus | 16.1 | 46.8 | 28 | Diadochos (The Successor); Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (410-485). |
| Proctor | -46.4 | -5.1 | 52 | Mary; American astronomer (1862-1957). |
| Protagoras | 56 | 7.3 | 21 | Greek philosopher (c. 485-415 B.C.). |
| Ptolemaeus | -9.3 | -1.9 | 164 | Ptolemy, Claudius; Greek astronomer, mathematician, geographer (c. 87-150). |
| Puiseux | -27.8 | -39 | 24 | Pierre; French astronomer (1855-1928). |
| Pupin | 23.8 | -11 | 2 | Michael Idvorsky; Yugoslavian-American physicist and inventor (1858-1935). |
| Purbach | -25.5 | -2.3 | 115 | Georg von; Austrian mathematician, astronomer (1423-1461). |
| Purkyne | -1.6 | 94.9 | 48 | Jan Evangelista; Czechoslovakian doctor, physiologist (1787-1869). |
| Pythagoras | 63.5 | -63 | 142 | Of Samos; Greek philosopher, mathematician (unkn-fl. c. 532 B.C.). |
| Pytheas | 20.5 | -20.6 | 20 | Of Marseilles; Greek navigator, geographer (b. c. 308 B.C.). |
| Quetelet | 43.1 | -134.9 | 55 | Lambert Aldophe Jacques; Belgian statistician, astronomer (1796-1874). |
| Rabbi Levi | -34.7 | 23.6 | 81 | Gershon, Levi Ben; French philosopher, mathematician, astronomer (1288-1344). |
| Racah | -13.8 | -179.8 | 63 | Giulio; Italian-Israeli physicist (1909-1965). |
| [Racine] | -8.3 | 99 | 30 | Jean Baptiste; French playwright (1639-1699). |
| Raimond | 14.6 | -159.3 | 70 | Jean Jacques, Jr.; Dutch astronomer (1903-1961). |
| Raman | 27 | -55.1 | 10 | Chandrasekhara Venkata; Indian physicist; Nobel laureate (1888-1970). |
| Ramon | -41.6 | -148.1 | 17 | Ilan; Israeli astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Payload Specialist (1954-2003). |
| Ramsay | -40.2 | 144.5 | 81 | Sir William; British chemist; Nobel laureate (1852-1916). |
| Ramsden | -32.9 | -31.8 | 24 | Jesse; British instrument maker (1735-1800). |
| Rankine | -3.9 | 71.5 | 8 | William John Macquorn; Scottish physicist, engineer (1820-1872). |
| Raspletin | -22.5 | 151.8 | 48 | Aleksandr Andreyevich; Soviet radio engineer (1908-1967). |
| Ravi | -12.5 | -1.9 | 2.5 | Indian male name. |
| Rayet | 44.7 | 114.5 | 27 | Georges-Antoine-Pons; French astronomer (1839-1906). |
| Rayleigh | 29.3 | 89.6 | 114 | John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1842-1919). |
| Razumov | 39.1 | -114.3 | 70 | Vladimir V.; Soviet rocket builder (1890-1967). |
| Reaumur | -2.4 | 0.7 | 52 | Rene-Antoine Ferchault de; French physicist (1683-1757). |
| Recht | 9.8 | 124 | 20 | Albert W.; American astronomer, mathematician (1892-1962). |
| Regiomontanus | -28.3 | -1 | 108 | Muller, Johann; German astronomer, mathematician (1436-1476). |
| Regnault | 54.1 | -88 | 46 | Henri Victor; French chemist; physicist (1810-1878). |
| Reichenbach | -30.3 | 48 | 71 | Georg von; German optician (1772-1826). |
| Reimarus | -47.7 | 60.3 | 48 | Baer, Nicolai Reymers; German mathematician (c. 1550-c. 1600). |
| Reiner | 7 | -54.9 | 29 | Reinieri, Vincentio; Italian astronomer, mathematician (unkn-1648). |
| Reinhold | 3.3 | -22.8 | 42 | Erasmus; German astronomer, mathematician (1511-1553). |
| Repsold | 51.3 | -78.6 | 109 | Johann Georg; German inventor (1770-1830). |
| Resnik | -33.8 | -150.1 | 20 | Judith Arlene; member of the Challenger crew (1949-1986). Note: Formerly Borman X. |
| Respighi | 2.8 | 71.9 | 18 | Lorenzo; Italian astronomer (1824-1890). |
| Rhaeticus | 0 | 4.9 | 45 | Georg Joachim von Lauchen of Rhaetia; Hungarian astronomer, mathematician (1514-1576). |
| Rheita | -37.1 | 47.2 | 70 | Anton Maria Schyrle of Rhaetia; Czechoslovakian astronomer, optician (c. 1597-1660). |
| Riccioli | -3.3 | -74.6 | 139 | Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer (1598-1671). |
| Riccius | -36.9 | 26.5 | 71 | Augustine; Italian astronomer (fl. 1513); Ricci, Matteo; Italian mathematician, geographer (1552-1610). |
| Ricco | 75.6 | 176.3 | 65 | Annibale; Italian astronomer (1844-1911). |
| Richards | 7.7 | 140.1 | 16 | Theodore William; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1868-1928). |
| Richardson | 31.1 | 100.5 | 141 | Sir Owen Willans; British quantum physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1959). |
| Riedel | -48.9 | -139.6 | 47 | Klaus; German rocketry scientist (1907-1944); Walter; German rocket scientist (1902-1968). |
| Riemann | 38.9 | 86.8 | 163 | Georg Friedrich Bernhard; German mathematician (1826-1866). |
| Ritchey | -11.1 | 8.5 | 24 | George Willis; American astronomer, optician (1864-1945). |
| Rittenhouse | -74.5 | 106.5 | 26 | David; American inventor, astronomer, mathematician (1732-1796). |
| Ritter | 2 | 19.2 | 29 | Karl; German geographer (1779-1859); Georg August Dietrich; German astrophysicist (1926-1908). |
| Ritz | -15.1 | 92.2 | 51 | Walter; Swiss physicist (1878-1909). |
| Robert | 19 | 27.4 | 1 | English male name. |
| Roberts | 71.1 | -174.5 | 89 | Alexander William; South African astronomer (1857-1938); Isaac; British astronomer (1829-1904). |
| Robertson | 21.8 | -105.2 | 88 | Howard Percy; American physicist, mathematician (1903-1961). |
| Robinson | 59 | -45.9 | 24 | (John) Thomas Romney; Irish astronomer, physicist, meteorologist (1792-1882). |
| Rocca | -12.7 | -72.8 | 89 | Giovanni Antonio; Italian mathematician (1607-1656). |
| Rocco | 28.9 | -45 | 4 | Italian male name. Note: Formerly Krieger D. |
| Roche | -42.3 | 136.5 | 160 | Edouard Albert; French astronomer (1820-1883). |
| Romeo | 7.5 | 122.6 | 8 | Italian male name. |
| Romer | 25.4 | 36.4 | 39 | Ole; Danish astronomer (1644-1710). |
| Rontgen | 33 | -91.4 | 126 | Wilhelm Conrad; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1845-1923). |
| Rosa | 20.3 | -32.3 | 1 | Spanish female name. |
| Rosenberger | -55.4 | 43.1 | 95 | Otto August; German astronomer, mathematician (1800-1890). |
| Ross | 11.7 | 21.7 | 24 | James Clark; British explorer (1800-1862); Frank Elmore; American astronomer, optician (1874-1966). |
| Rosse | -17.9 | 35 | 11 | William Parsons, Earl of Rosse; Irish astronomer (1800-1867). |
| Rosseland | -41 | 131 | 75 | Svein; Norwegian astrophysicist (1894-1985). Note: Formerly Roche U. |
| Rost | -56.4 | -33.7 | 48 | Johann Leonhard; German astronomer (1688-1727). |
| Rothmann | -30.8 | 27.7 | 42 | Christopher; German astronomer (unkn-1600). |
| Rowland | 57.4 | -162.5 | 171 | Henry Augustus; American physicist (1848-1901). |
| Rozhdestvenskiy | 85.2 | -155.4 | 177 | Dmitriy Sergeevich; Soviet physicist (1876-1940). |
| Rumford | -28.8 | -169.8 | 61 | Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; British physicist (1753-1814). |
| Runge | -2.5 | 86.7 | 38 | Carl David Tolme; German mathematician (1856-1927). |
| Russell | 26.5 | -75.4 | 103 | Henry Norris; American astronomer (1877-1957); John; British artist, selenographer (1745-1806). |
| Ruth | 28.7 | -45.1 | 3 | Hebrew female name. |
| Rutherford | 10.7 | 137 | 13 | Sir Ernest; New Zealand-British physicist; Nobel laureate (1871-1937). |
| Rutherfurd | -60.9 | -12.1 | 48 | Lewis Morris; American astronomer (1816-1892). |
| Rydberg | -46.5 | -96.3 | 49 | Johannes Robert; Swedish physicist (1854-1919). |
| Ryder | -44.5 | 143.2 | 17 | Graham; United Kingdom-born, American geologist (1949-2002). |
| Rynin | 47 | -103.5 | 75 | Nikolaj Alexsevitch; Soviet rocketry scientist (1877-1942). |
| Sabatier | 13.2 | 79 | 10 | Paul; French chemist; Nobel laureate (1854-1941). |
| Sabine | 1.4 | 20.1 | 30 | Sir Edward; Irish physicist, astronomer (1788-1883). |
| Sacrobosco | -23.7 | 16.7 | 98 | John of Holywood, Johannes Sacrobuschus; British astronomer, mathematician (c. 1200-1256). |
| Saenger | 4.3 | 102.4 | 75 | Eugen; German rocketry scientist (1905-1964). |
| Safarik | 10.6 | 176.9 | 27 | Vojtech; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1829-1902). |
| Saha | -1.6 | 102.7 | 99 | Meghnad; Indian astrophysicist (1893-1956). |
| Samir | 28.5 | -34.3 | 2 | Arabic male name. |
| Sampson | 29.7 | -16.5 | 1 | Ralph Allen; Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1939). |
| Sanford | 32.6 | -138.9 | 55 | Roscoe Frank; American astronomer (1883-1958). |
| Santbech | -20.9 | 44 | 64 | Daniel Santbech Noviomagus; Dutch mathematician, astronomer (unkn-fl. 1561). |
| Santos-Dumont | 27.7 | 4.8 | 8 | Alberto; Brazilian aeronautical engineer (1873-1932). |
| [Sappho] | -25 | 133.2 | 28 | Greek poetess (unkn-c. 600 B.C.). Note: The approved name for this feature is Stark V. |
| Sarabhai | 24.7 | 21 | 7 | Vikram Ambalal; Indian astrophysicist (1919-1971). |
| Sarton | 49.3 | -121.1 | 69 | George Alfred Leon; Belgian-American historian of science (1884-1956). |
| Sasserides | -39.1 | -9.3 | 90 | Sasceride, Gellio; Danish astronomer, doctor (1562-1612). |
| Saunder | -4.2 | 8.8 | 44 | Samuel Arthur; British mathematician, selenographer (1852-1912). |
| Saussure | -43.4 | -3.8 | 54 | Horace Benedict De; Swiss geologist (1740-1799). |
| Scaliger | -27.1 | 108.9 | 84 | Joseph Justus; French chronologist (1540-1609). |
| Schaeberle | -26.2 | 117.2 | 62 | John Martin; American astronomer (1853-1924). |
| Scheele | -9.4 | -37.8 | 4 | Carl Wilhelm; Swedish chemist (1742-1786). |
| Scheiner | -60.5 | -27.5 | 110 | Christoph; German astronomer (1573-1650). |
| Schiaparelli | 23.4 | -58.8 | 24 | Giovanni Virginio; Italian astronomer (1835-1910). |
| Schickard | -44.3 | -55.3 | 206 | Wilhelm; German astronomer, mathematician (1592-1635). |
| Schiller | -51.9 | -39 | 180 | Julius; German astronomer (unkn-fl. 1627). |
| Schjellerup | 69.7 | 157.1 | 62 | Hans Carl; Danish astronomer (1827-1887). |
| Schlesinger | 47.4 | -138.6 | 97 | Frank; American astronomer (1871-1943). |
| Schliemann | -2.1 | 155.2 | 80 | Heinrich; German archaeologist (1822-1890). |
| Schlüter | -5.9 | -83.3 | 89 | Heinrich; German astronomer (1815-1844). |
| Schmidt | 1 | 18.8 | 11 | Johann Friedrich Julius; German astronomer (1825-1884); Bernhard Voldemar;
German optician (1879-1935); Otto Yulyevich; Soviet astronomer (1891-1956). |
| Schneller | 41.8 | -163.6 | 54 | Schneller, Herbert; German astronomer (1901-1967). |
| Schomberger | -76.7 | 24.9 | 85 | Georg; Austrian astronomer, mathematician (1597-1645). |
| Schonfeld | 44.8 | -98.1 | 25 | Eduard; German astronomer (1828-1891). |
| Schorr | -19.5 | 89.7 | 53 | Richard; German astronomer (1867-1951). |
| Schrodinger | -75 | 132.4 | 312 | Schrodinger, Erwin; Austrian physicist; Nobel laureate (1887-1961). |
| Schroter | 2.6 | -7 | 35 | Johann Hieronymus; German astronomer (1745-1816). |
| Schubert | 2.8 | 81 | 54 | Theodor Friedrich von; Russian cartographer (1789-1865). |
| Schumacher | 42.4 | 60.7 | 60 | Heinrich Christian; German astronomer (1780-1850). |
| Schuster | 4.2 | 146.5 | 108 | Sir Arthur; British mathematician, physicist (1851-1934). |
| Schwabe | 65.1 | 45.6 | 25 | Samuel Heinrich; German astronomer (1789-1875). |
| Schwarzschild | 70.1 | 121.2 | 212 | Karl; German astronomer (1873-1916). |
| Scobee | -31.1 | -148.9 | 40 | Francis Richard "Dick"; member of the Challenger crew (1939-1986). Note: Formerly Barringer L. |
| Scoresby | 77.7 | 14.1 | 55 | William; British explorer (1789-1857). |
| Scott | -82.1 | 48.5 | 103 | Robert Falcon; British explorer (1868-1912). |
| Seares | 73.5 | 145.8 | 110 | Frederick Hanley; American astronomer (1873-1964). |
| Secchi | 2.4 | 43.5 | 22 | Pietro Angelo; Italian astronomer, astrophysicist (1818-1878). |
| Sechenov | -7.1 | -142.6 | 62 | Ivan Mikhaylovich; Russian physiologist (1829-1905). |
| Seeliger | -2.2 | 3 | 8 | Hugo von; German astronomer (1849-1924). |
| Segers | 47.1 | 127.7 | 17 | Carlos; Argentinean astronomer (1900-1967). |
| Segner | -58.9 | -48.3 | 67 | Johann Andreas von; German physicist, mathematician (1704-1777). |
| Seidel | -32.8 | 152.2 | 62 | Philipp Ludwig von; German astronomer, mathematician (1821-1896). |
| Seleucus | 21 | -66.6 | 43 | Babylonian astronomer (unkn-fl. c. 150 B.C.). |
| Seneca | 26.6 | 80.2 | 46 | Lucius Annaeus; Roman philosopher, natural scientist (4 B.C.- A.D. 65). |
| Seyfert | 29.1 | 114.6 | 110 | Carl Keenan; American astronomer (1911-1960). |
| Shackleton | -89.9 | 0 | 19 | Sir Ernest Henry; Irish-born British Antarctic explorer (1874-1922). |
| Shahinaz | 7.5 | 122.4 | 15 | Turkish female name. |
| Shaler | -32.9 | -85.2 | 48 | Nathaniel Southgate; American geologist, paleontologist (1841-1906). |
| Shapley | 9.4 | 56.9 | 23 | Harlow; American astronomer (1885-1972). |
| Sharonov | 12.4 | 173.3 | 74 | Vsevolod Vasilievich; Soviet astronomer (1901-1964). |
| Sharp | 45.7 | -40.2 | 39 | Abraham; British astronomer, mathematician (1651-1742). |
| Shatalov | 24.3 | 141.5 | 21 | Vladimir Alexandrovich; Soviet cosmonaut (1927-Live). |
| Shayn | 32.6 | 172.5 | 93 | Grigorii Abramovich; Soviet astrophysicist (1892-1956). |
| Sheepshanks | 59.2 | 16.9 | 25 | Anne; British benefactor (1789-1876). |
| [Shekhov (Chekhov)] | -6.6 | 82 | 19 | Anton Pavlovich; Russian writer (1860-1904). Note: The approved name for this feature is Kastner R. |
| Sherrington | -11.1 | 118 | 18 | Sir Charles Scott; British neurophysiologist; Nobel laureate (1856-1952). |
| Shi Shen | 76 | 104.1 | 43 | Shi(H) Shen; Chinese astronomer (unkn-c. 300 B.C.). |
| Shirakatsi | -12.1 | 128.6 | 51 | Anania; Armenian geographer (620(?)-685(?)). |
| Shoemaker | -88.1 | 44.9 | 50.9 | Eugene Merle; American astrogeologist (1928-1997). |
| Short | -74.6 | -7.3 | 70 | James; Scottish mathematician, optician (1710-1768). |
| Shternberg (Sternberg) | 19.5 | -116.3 | 70 | Pavel Karlovich; Russian astronomer (1865-1920). |
| Shuckburgh | 42.6 | 52.8 | 38 | Sir George; British geographer, benefactor (1751-1804). |
| Shuleykin | -27.1 | -92.5 | 15 | Mikhail Vasil'evich; Soviet radio engineer (1884-1939). (Spelling changed from Shulejkin.) Note: Formerly Pettit T. |
| Siedentopf | 22 | 135.5 | 61 | Heinrich; German astronomer (1906-1963). |
| Sierpinski | -27.2 | 154.5 | 69 | Waclaw; Polish mathematician (1882-1969). |
| Sikorsky | -66.1 | 103.2 | 98 | Igor Ivanovich; Russian-American aeronautical engineer (1889-1972). |
| Silberschlag | 6.2 | 12.5 | 13 | Johann Esaias; German astronomer (1721-1791). |
| Simpelius | -73 | 15.2 | 70 | Sempill, Hugh; Scottish mathematician (1596-1654). |
| Sinas | 8.8 | 31.6 | 11 | Simon; Greek benefactor (1810-1876). |
| Sirsalis | -12.5 | -60.4 | 42 | Sersale, Gerolamo; Italian astronomer (1584-1654). |
| Sisakyan | 41.2 | 109 | 34 | Noraír Martirosovich; Soviet doctor and biochemist (1907-1966). |
| Sita | 4.6 | 120.8 | 2 | Indian female name. |
| Sklodowska | -18.2 | 95.5 | 127 | Marie (Madame Curie); Polish physicist, chemist, Nobel laureate (1867-1934). |
| Slipher | 49.5 | 160.1 | 69 | Earl Charles; American astronomer (1883-1964); Vesto Melvin; American astronomer (1875-1969). |
| Slocum | -3 | 89 | 13 | Frederick; American astronomer (1873-1944). |
| Smith | -31.6 | -150.2 | 34 | Michael John; member of the Challenger crew (1945-1986). Note: Formerly Barringer M. |
| Smithson | 2.4 | 53.6 | 5 | James; British chemist, mineralogist (1765-1829). |
| Smoluchowski | 60.3 | -96.8 | 83 | Marian; Polish physicist (1872-1917). |
| Snellius | -29.3 | 55.7 | 82 | Snell, Willebrod van Roijen; Dutch mathematician, astronomer, optician (1591-1626). |
| Sniadecki | -22.5 | -168.9 | 43 | Jan; Polish astronomer, mathematician (1756-1830). |
| Soddy | 0.4 | 121.8 | 42 | Frederick; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1877-1956). |
| Somerville | -8.3 | 64.9 | 15 | Mary Fairfax; Scottish physicist, mathematician (1780-1872). |
| Sommerfeld | 65.2 | -162.4 | 169 | Arnold Johannes Wilhelm; German physicist (1868-1951). |
| Sommering | 0.1 | -7.5 | 28 | Samuel Thomas von; German doctor (1755-1830). |
| [Sophocles] | -21.5 | 119.8 | 0 | Greek philosopher (c. 495-406 B.C.). |
| Soraya | -12.9 | -1.6 | 2 | Persian female name. |
| Sosigenes | 8.7 | 17.6 | 17 | Greek astronomer, chronologist (unkn-fl. 46 B.C.). |
| South | 58 | -50.8 | 104 | James; British astronomer (1785-1867). |
| Spallanzani | -46.3 | 24.7 | 32 | Lazzaro; Italian natural scientist, biologist (1729-1799). |
| Spencer Jones | 13.3 | 165.6 | 85 | Sir Harold; British astronomer (1890-1960). |
| Sporer | -4.3 | -1.8 | 27 | Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav; German astronomer (1822-1895). |
| Spurr | 27.9 | -1.2 | 13 | Josiah Edward; American geologist (1870-1950). |
| St. John | 10.2 | 150.2 | 68 | Charles Edward; American solar physicist, astronomer (1857-1935). |
| Stadius | 10.5 | -13.7 | 69 | Stade, Jan; Belgian astronomer, mathematician (1527-1579). |
| Stark | -25.5 | 134.6 | 49 | Johannes; German physicist; Nobel laureate (1874-1957). |
| Stearns | 34.8 | 162.6 | 36 | Carl Leo; American astronomer (1892-1972). |
| Stebbins | 64.8 | -141.8 | 131 | Joel; American astronomer (1878-1966). |
| Stefan | 46 | -108.3 | 125 | Josef; Austrian physicist (1835-1893). |
| Stein | 7.2 | 179 | 33 | Johann Willem Jakob Antoon; Dutch astronomer (1871-1951). |
| Steinheil | -48.6 | 46.5 | 67 | Karl August von; German astronomer, physicist (1801-1870). |
| Steklov | -36.7 | -104.9 | 36 | Vladimir Andreevich; Soviet mathematician (1864-1926). |
| Stella | 19.9 | 29.8 | 1 | Latin female name. |
| Steno | 32.8 | 161.8 | 31 | Nicolaus; Danish doctor (1638-1686). |
| Sternfeld | -19.6 | -141.2 | 100 | Ari Abramovich; Soviet space scientist (1905-1980). Note: Formerly Lodygin G. |
| Stetson | -39.6 | -118.3 | 64 | Harlan True; American astronomer, geophysicist (1885-1964). |
| Stevinus | -32.5 | 54.2 | 74 | Stevin, Simon; Belgian mathematician, physicist (1548-1620). |
| Stewart | 2.2 | 67 | 13 | John Quincy; American astrophysicist (1894-1972). |
| Stiborius | -34.4 | 32 | 43 | Stoberl, Andreas; German astronomer, mathematician (1465-1515). |
| Stofler | -41.1 | 6 | 126 | Johann; German astronomer, mathematician (1452-1531). |
| Stokes | 52.5 | -88.1 | 51 | Sir George Gabriel; British mathematician, physicist (1819-1903). |
| Stoletov | 45.1 | -155.2 | 42 | Aleksandr Grigorievich; Russian physicist (1839-1896). |
| Stoney | -55.3 | -156.1 | 45 | George Johnstone; Irish physicist (1826-1911). |
| Stormer | 57.3 | 146.3 | 69 | Fredrik Carl Mülertz; Norwegian mathematician and astronomer, aurora research (1874-1957). |
| Strabo | 61.9 | 54.3 | 55 | Greek geographer (54 B.C.- A.D. 24). |
| Stratton | -5.8 | 164.6 | 70 | Frederick John Marrion; British astronomer, astrophysicist (1881-1960). |
| Street | -46.5 | -10.5 | 57 | Thomas; British astronomer (1621-1689). |
| Stromgren | -21.7 | -132.4 | 61 | Elis; Danish astronomer (1870-1947). |
| Struve | 22.4 | -77.1 | 164 | Otto Wilhelm von; German-born Russian astronomer (1819-1905); Otto; American astronomer (1897-1963);
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von; German-born Russian astronomer (1793-1864). |
| Subbotin | -29.2 | 135.3 | 67 | Mikhail Fedorovich; Soviet astronomer (1893-1966). |
| Suess | 4.4 | -47.6 | 8 | Eduard; Austrian geologist (1831-1914). |
| Sulpicius Gallus | 19.6 | 11.6 | 12 | Gaius; Roman astronomer (unkn-fl. c. B.C. 166). |
| Sumner | 37.5 | 108.7 | 50 | Thomas Hubbard; American geographer, navigator (1807-1876). |
| Sundman | 10.8 | -91.6 | 40 | Karl Frithiof; Finnish astronomer (1873-1949). |
| [Sung-Mei] | 24.6 | 11.3 | 5 | Chinese female name. Note: This feature is a rima, not a crater. |
| Susan | -11 | -6.3 | 1 | English female name. |
| Sverdrup | -88.5 | -152 | 35 | Otto; Norwegian polar explorer (1855-1930). |
| Swann | 52 | 112.7 | 42 | William Francis Gray; Anglo-American physicist (1884-1962). |
| Swasey | -5.5 | 89.7 | 23 | Ambrose; American inventor (1846-1937). |
| Swift | 19.3 | 53.4 | 10 | Lewis; American astronomer (1820-1913). |
| Sylvester | 82.7 | -79.6 | 58 | James Joseph; British mathematician (1814-1897). |
| Szilard | 34 | 105.7 | 122 | Leo; Hungarian-American physicist (1898-1964). |
| T. Mayer | 15.6 | -29.1 | 33 | Johann Tobias; German astronomer (1723-1762). |
| Tacchini | 4.9 | 85.8 | 40 | Pietro; Italian astronomer (1838-1905). |
| Tacitus | -16.2 | 19 | 39 | Cornelius; Roman historian (c. 55-120). |
| Tacquet | 16.6 | 19.2 | 7 | Andre; Belgian mathematician (1612-1660). |
| Taizo | 24.7 | 2.2 | 6 | Japanese male name. |
| Talbot | -2.5 | 85.3 | 11 | William Henry Fox; British photographer, physicist, archaeologist (1800-1877). |
| Tamm | -4.4 | 146.4 | 38 | Igor Yevgenyevich; Soviet physicist, Nobel laureate (1895-1971). |
| Tannerus | -56.4 | 22 | 28 | Tanner, Adam; Austrian mathematician (1572-1632). |
| Taruntius | 5.6 | 46.5 | 56 | Firmanus, Lucius; Roman philosopher (unkn-fl. 86 B.C.). |
| [Tasso] | -0.7 | 92 | 52 | Torquato; Italian poet (1544-1595). Note: The approved name for this feature is Purkyne U. |
| Taylor | -5.3 | 16.7 | 42 | Brook; British mathematician (1685-1731). |
| Tebbutt | 9.6 | 53.6 | 31 | John; Australian astronomer (1834-1916). |
| Teisserenc | 32.2 | -135.9 | 62 | de Bort, Leon-Philippe; French meteorologist (1855-1913). |
| Tempel | 3.9 | 11.9 | 45 | Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht; German astronomer (1821-1889). |
| Ten Bruggencate | -9.5 | 134.4 | 59 | Paul; German astronomer (1901-1961). |
| Tereshkova | 28.4 | 144.3 | 31 | Valentina Vladimirovna; Soviet cosmonaut (1937-Live). |
| Tesla | 38.5 | 124.7 | 43 | Nikola; Croatian-American inventor (1856-1943). |
| Thales | 61.8 | 50.3 | 31 | Of Miletus; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (c. 636-546 B.C.). |
| Theaetetus | 37 | 6 | 24 | Greek mathematician (c. 417-369 B.C.). |
| Thebit | -22 | -4 | 56 | Al-Sabi' al-Harrani Thabit Ibn Qurra; Iraqi astronomer (836-901). |
| Theiler | 13.4 | 83.3 | 7 | Max; South African bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1899-1972). |
| Theon Junior | -2.3 | 15.8 | 17 | Of Alexandria; Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 380). |
| Theon Senior | -0.8 | 15.4 | 18 | Of Smyrna; Greek mathematician and astronomer (c. A.D. 130). |
| Theophilus | -11.4 | 26.4 | 110 | Greek astronomer (unkn-A.D. 412). |
| Theophrastus | 17.5 | 39 | 9 | Greek philosopher and scientist (c. 372-287 B.C.). |
| Thiel | 40.7 | -134.5 | 32 | Walter; German rocket builder (1910-1943). |
| Thiessen | 75.4 | -169 | 66 | Georg Heinrich; German astronomer (1914-1961). |
| Thomson | -32.7 | 166.2 | 117 | Sir Joseph John; British physicist; Nobel laureate (1856-1940). |
| Tikhomirov | 25.2 | 162 | 65 | Nikolaj Ivanovich; Soviet chemical engineer (1860-1930). |
| Tikhov | 62.3 | 171.7 | 83 | Gavriil Adrianovich; Soviet astronomer (1875-1960). |
| Tiling | -53.1 | -132.6 | 38 | Reinhold; German rocketry scientist (1890-1933). |
| Timaeus | 62.8 | -0.5 | 32 | Greek astronomer (unkn-c. 400 B.C.). |
| Timiryazev | -5.5 | -147 | 53 | Kliment Arkadievich; Russian botanist, physiologist (1843-1920). |
| Timocharis | 26.7 | -13.1 | 33 | Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. c. 280 B.C.). |
| Tiselius | 7 | 176.5 | 53 | Arne Wilhelm Kaurin; Swedish biochemist; Nobel laureate (1902-1971). |
| Tisserand | 21.4 | 48.2 | 36 | Francois Felix; French astronomer (1845-1896). |
| Titius | -26.8 | 100.7 | 73 | Johann Daniel; German astronomer (1729-1796). |
| Titov | 28.6 | 150.5 | 31 | Gherman Stepanovich; Soviet cosmonaut (1935-2000). |
| Tolansky | -9.5 | -16 | 13 | Samuel; British physicist (1907-1973). |
| [Tolstoy] | -4.2 | 93.3 | 52 | Leo; Russian writer (1828-1910). Note: The approved name for this feature is Hirayama Y. |
| Torricelli | -4.6 | 28.5 | 22 | Evangelista; Italian physicist (1608-1647). |
| Toscanelli | 27.4 | -47.5 | 7 | Paolo Dal Pozza; Italian doctor, cartographer (1397-1482). |
| Townley | 3.4 | 63.3 | 18 | Sidney Dean; American astronomer (1867-1946). |
| Tralles | 28.4 | 52.8 | 43 | Johann Georg; German physicist (1763-1822). |
| Triesnecker | 4.2 | 3.6 | 26 | Francis a Paula; Austrian astronomer (1745-1817). |
| Trouvelot | 49.3 | 5.8 | 9 | Etienne Leopold; French astronomer (1827-1895). |
| Trumpler | 29.3 | 167.1 | 77 | Robert Julius; American astronomer (1866-1956). |
| Tsander (Zander) | 6.2 | -149.3 | 181 | Friedrich Arturovich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1887-1933). |
| Tseraskiy (Ceraski) | -49 | 141.6 | 56 | Vitol'd Karlovich; Russian astronomer (1849-1925). |
| Tsinger (Zinger) | 56.7 | 175.6 | 44 | Nikolai Iakovlevich; Russian astronomer (1842-1918). |
| Tsiolkovskiy | -21.2 | 128.9 | 185 | Konstantin E.; Soviet physicist (1857-1935). |
| Tsu Chung-Chi | 17.3 | 145.1 | 28 | Chinese mathematician (430-501). |
| Tucker | -5.6 | 88.2 | 7 | Richard Hawley; American astronomer (1859-1952). |
| Turner | -1.4 | -13.2 | 11 | Herbert Hall; British astronomer (1861-1930). |
| Tycho | -43.4 | -11.1 | 102 | Tycho Brahe; Danish astronomer (1546-1601). |
| Tyndall | -34.9 | 117 | 18 | John; British physicist (1820-1893). |
| Ukert | 7.8 | 1.4 | 23 | Friedrich August; German historian, humanitarian (1780-1851). |
| Ulugh Beigh | 32.7 | -81.9 | 54 | Ulugh-Beg; Mongolian astronomer, mathematician (1394-1449). |
| [Undest] | 26.5 | -18.5 | 7 | Sigrid; Norwegian novelist; Nobel laureate (1882-1949). |
| Urey | 27.9 | 87.4 | 38 | Harold Clayton; American chemist; Nobel laureate (1893-1981). Note: Formerly Rayleigh A. |
| Vaisala | 25.9 | -47.8 | 8 | Yrjo; Finnish astronomer (1891-1971). |
| Valier | 6.8 | 174.5 | 67 | Max; German rocketry engineer (1895-1930). |
| van Albada | 9.4 | 64.3 | 21 | Gale Bruno; Dutch astronomer (1912-1972). |
| Van Biesbroeck | 28.7 | -45.6 | 9 | George A.; Belgian-American astronomer (1880-1974). |
| Van de Graaff | -27.4 | 172.2 | 233 | Robert Jemison; American physicist (1901-1967). |
| Van den Bergh | 31.3 | -159.1 | 42 | George; Dutch astronomer (1890-1966). |
| van den Bos | -5.3 | 146 | 22 | Willem Hendrik; South African astronomer (1896-1974). |
| Van der Waals | -43.9 | 119.9 | 104 | Johannes Diderik; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1837-1923). |
| Van Gent | 15.4 | 160.4 | 43 | Hendrik; Dutch astronomer (1900-1947). |
| Van Maanen | 35.7 | 128 | 60 | Adriaan; Dutch-American astronomer (1884-1946). |
| van Rhijn | 52.6 | 146.4 | 46 | Pieter Johannes; Dutch astronomer (1886-1960). |
| Van Vleck | -1.9 | 78.3 | 31 | John Monroe; American astronomer, mathematician (1833-1912). |
| Van Wijk | -62.8 | 118.8 | 32 | Uco; Dutch-American astronomer (1924-1966). |
| van't Hoff | 62.1 | -131.8 | 92 | Jacobus Hendricus; Dutch chemist; Nobel laureate (1852-1911). |
| Vasco da Gama | 13.6 | -83.9 | 83 | Portuguese navigator, explorer (c. 1460-1524). |
| Vashakidze | 43.6 | 93.3 | 44 | Mikheil Alekandres; Soviet astronomer (1909-1956). |
| Vavilov | -0.8 | -137.9 | 98 | Nikolai Ivanovich; Soviet botanist (1887-1943); Sergei Ivanovich; Soviet physiological optician (1891-1951). |
| Vega | -45.4 | 63.4 | 75 | Georg Freiherr von; Slovenian-born German mathematician (1754-1802). |
| Vendelinus | -16.4 | 61.6 | 131 | Wendelin, Godefroid; Belgian astronomer (1580-1667). |
| Vening Meinesz | -0.3 | 162.6 | 87 | Felix Andries; Dutch geophysicist, geodesist (1887-1966). |
| Ventris | -4.9 | 158 | 95 | Michael George Francis; British decipherer of Linear B Cretan script (1922-1956). |
| Vera | 26.3 | -43.7 | 2 | Latin female name. Note: Formerly Prinz A. |
| [Vergil] | -26.3 | 133 | 0 | Roman epic poet (70-19 B.C.). Note: The approved name for this feature is Stark R. |
| Vernadskiy | 23.2 | 130.5 | 91 | Vladimir Ivanovich; Soviet mineralogist (1863-1945). |
| Verne | 24.9 | -25.3 | 2 | Latin male name. |
| Vertregt | -19.8 | 171.1 | 187 | Marinus; Dutch chemist (1897-1973). |
| Very | 25.6 | 25.3 | 5 | Frank Washington; American astronomer (1852-1927). |
| Vesalius | -3.1 | 114.5 | 61 | Andreas; Belgian doctor (1514-1564). |
| Vestine | 33.9 | 93.9 | 96 | Ernest Harry; American geophysicist (1906-1968). |
| Vetchinkin | 10.2 | 131.3 | 98 | Vladimir Petrovich; Soviet physicist, engineer (1888-1950). |
| Vieta | -29.2 | -56.3 | 87 | Francois; French mathematician (1540-1603). |
| Vil'ev | -6.1 | 144.4 | 45 | Mikhail; Russian chemist (1893-1919). |
| [Vinogradov] | 20 | -31.2 | 11 | I.M.; Soviet mathematician (1891-1983). Same crater as Natasha. |
| Virchow | 9.8 | 83.7 | 16 | Rudolph Ludwig Karl; German doctor, pathologist (1821-1902). |
| Virtanen | 15.5 | 176.7 | 44 | Artturi Ilmari; Finnish agricultural biochemist; Nobel laureate (1895-1973). |
| Vitello | -30.4 | -37.5 | 42 | Witelo, Erazmus Ciokek; Polish physicist, mathematician (1210-1285). |
| Vitruvius | 17.6 | 31.3 | 29 | Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus; Roman engineer, architect (unkn-fl. c. 25 B.C.). |
| Viviani | 5.2 | 117.1 | 26 | Vincenzo; Italian physicist, mathematician (1622-1703). |
| Vlacq | -53.3 | 38.8 | 89 | Adriaan; Dutch mathematician (c. 1600-1667). |
| Vogel | -15.1 | 5.9 | 26 | Hermann Carl; German astronomer (1841-1907). |
| Volkov | -13.6 | 131.7 | 40 | Vladislav Nikolayevich; Soviet engineer, cosmonaut (1935-1971). |
| Volta | 53.9 | -84.4 | 123 | Count Allessandro Guiseppe Antonio Anastasio; Italian physicist (1745-1827). |
| [Voltaire] | -11.9 | 100.3 | 0 | Francois; French philosopher (1694-1778). Note: The approved name for this feature is Pasteur T. |
| Volterra | 56.8 | 132.2 | 52 | Vito; Italian mathematician, physicist (1860-1940). |
| von Behring | -7.8 | 71.8 | 38 | Emil Adolf; German bacteriologist; Nobel laureate (1854-1917). |
| von Bekesy | 51.9 | 126.8 | 96 | Georg; Hungarian otological physicist; Nobel laureate (1899-1972). |
| von Braun | 41.1 | -78 | 60 | Wernher, German-American rocket pioneer (1912-1977). Note: Formerly Lavoisier D. |
| Von der Pahlen | -24.8 | -132.7 | 56 | Emanuel; German astronomer (1882-1952). |
| Von Karman | -44.8 | 175.9 | 180 | Theodore; Hungarian-American aeronautical scientist (1881-1963). |
| Von Neumann | 40.4 | 153.2 | 78 | John; American mathematician (1903-1957). |
| Von Zeipel | 42.6 | -141.6 | 83 | Edvard Hugo; Swedish astronomer (1873-1959). |
| Voskresenskiy | 28 | -88.1 | 49 | Leonid A.; Soviet rocketry scientist (1913-1965). |
| W. Bond | 65.4 | 4.5 | 156 | William Cranch; American astronomer (1789-1859). |
| Walker | -26 | -162.2 | 32 | Joseph Albert; American test pilot (1921-1966). |
| Wallace | 20.3 | -8.7 | 26 | Alfred Russel; British natural historian (1823-1913). |
| Wallach | 4.9 | 32.3 | 6 | Otto; German chemist; Nobel laureate (1847-1931). |
| Walter | 28 | -33.8 | 1 | German male name. |
| Walther | -33.1 | 1 | 128 | Bernard; German astronomer (1430-1504). (Spelling changed from Walter.) |
| Wan-Hoo (Van-Gu) | -9.8 | -138.8 | 52 | Chinese inventor (unkn-c. 1500). |
| Wargentin | -49.6 | -60.2 | 84 | Pehr Wilhelm; Swedish astronomer (1717-1783). |
| Warner | -4 | 87.3 | 35 | Worcester Reed; American inventor (1846-1929). |
| Waterman | -25.9 | 128 | 76 | Alan Tower; American physicist (1892-1967). |
| Watson | -62.6 | -124.5 | 62 | James Craig; American astronomer (1838-1880). |
| Watt | -49.5 | 48.6 | 66 | James; Scottish inventor (1736-1819). |
| Watts | 8.9 | 46.3 | 15 | Chester Burleigh; American astronomer (1889-1971). |
| Webb | -0.9 | 60 | 21 | Thomas William; British astronomer (1806-1885). |
| Weber | 50.4 | -123.4 | 42 | Wilhelm Eduard; German physicist (1804-1891). |
| Wegener | 45.2 | -113.3 | 88 | Alfred Lothar; German geophysicist, meteorologist (1880-1930). |
| Weierstrass | -1.3 | 77.2 | 33 | Karl; German mathematician (1815-1897). |
| Weigel | -58.2 | -38.8 | 35 | Erhard; German mathematician (1625-1699). |
| Weinek | -27.5 | 37 | 32 | Ladislaus; Czechoslovakian astronomer (1848-1913). |
| Weiss | -31.8 | -19.5 | 66 | Edmund; German astronomer, mathematician, physicist (1837-1917). |
| Werner | -28 | 3.3 | 70 | Johann; German mathematician (1468-1528). |
| Wexler | -69.1 | 90.2 | 51 | Harry; American meteorologist (1911-1962). |
| Weyl | 17.5 | -120.2 | 108 | Hermann; German-American mathematician (1885-1955). |
| Whewell | 4.2 | 13.7 | 13 | William; British philosopher (1794-1866). |
| White | -44.6 | -158.3 | 39 | Edward Higgins II; American astronaut (1930-1967). |
| Wichmann | -7.5 | -38.1 | 10 | Moritz Ludwig Georg; German astronomer (1821-1859). |
| Widmannstatten | -6.1 | 85.5 | 46 | Aloys Joseph Beck Edler von; German physicist (1754-1849). (Spelling changed from Widmanstatten.) |
| Wiechert | -84.5 | 165 | 41 | Emil Johann; German geophysicist (1861-1928). |
| Wiener | 40.8 | 146.6 | 120 | Norbert; American mathematician (1894-1964). |
| Wildt | 9 | 75.8 | 11 | Rupert; German-American astronomer (1905-1976). |
| Wilhelm | -43.4 | -20.4 | 106 | Wilhelm IV, Landgrave of Hesse; German astronomer (1532-1592). |
| Wilkins | -29.4 | 19.6 | 57 | Hugh Percy; British selenographer (1896-1960). |
| Williams | 42 | 37.2 | 36 | Arthur Stanley; British astronomer (1861-1938). |
| Wilsing | -21.5 | -155.2 | 73 | Johannes; German astronomer (1856-1943). |
| Wilson | -69.2 | -42.4 | 69 | Alexander; Scottish astronomer (1714-1786); Charles Thomson Rees; Scottish physicist (1869-1959);
Ralph Elmer; American astronomer (1886-1960). |
| Winkler | 42.2 | -179 | 22 | Johannes; German rocketry scientist (1897-1947). |
| Winlock | 35.6 | -105.6 | 64 | Joseph; American astronomer (1826-1875). |
| Winthrop | -10.7 | -44.4 | 17 | John; American astronomer (1714-1779). |
| Wohler | -38.2 | 31.4 | 27 | Friedrich; German chemist (1800-1882). |
| Wolf | -22.7 | -16.6 | 25 | Maxmilian Franz Joseph Cornelius; German astronomer (1863-1932). |
| Wollaston | 30.6 | -46.9 | 10 | William Hyde; British chemist, physicist (1766-1828). |
| Woltjer | 45.2 | -159.6 | 46 | Jan; Dutch astronomer (1891-1946). |
| Wood | 43 | -120.8 | 78 | Robert Williams; American physicist (1868-1955). |
| Wright | -31.6 | -86.6 | 39 | Frederick Eugene; American petrologist and astronomer (1877-1953); Thomas; British philosopher (1711-1786);
William Hammond; American astronomer (1871-1959). |
| Wroblewski | -24 | 152.8 | 21 | Sigmund von; Polish physicist (1845-1888). |
| Wrottesley | -23.9 | 56.8 | 57 | John, Baron Wrottesley; British astronomer (1798-1867). |
| Wurzelbauer | -33.9 | -15.9 | 88 | Johann Philipp von; German astronomer (1651-1725). |
| Wyld | -1.4 | 98.1 | 93 | James Hart; American rocketry scientist (1913-1953). |
| Xenophanes | 57.5 | -82 | 125 | Of Colophon; Greek philosopher (570(?)-478(?) B.C.). |
| Xenophon | -22.8 | 122.1 | 25 | Greek natural philosopher, historian (c. 430-354 B.C.). |
| Yablochkov | 60.9 | 128.3 | 99 | Pavel Nikoaevich; Russian electrical engineer (1847-1894). |
| Yakovkin | -54.5 | -78.8 | 37 | A. A.; Soviet astronomer (1887-1974). Note: Formerly Pingre H. |
| Yamamoto | 58.1 | 160.9 | 76 | Issei; Japanese astronomer (1889-1959). |
| Yangel' | 17 | 4.7 | 8 | Mikhail Kuzmich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1911-1971). |
| Yerkes | 14.6 | 51.7 | 36 | Charles Tyson; American benefactor (1837-1905). |
| Yoshi | 24.6 | 11 | 1 | Japanese male name. |
| Young | -41.5 | 50.9 | 71 | Thomas; British doctor, physicist (1773-1829). |
| Zach | -60.9 | 5.3 | 70 | Franz Xaver, Freiherr von; Hungarian astronomer (1754-1832). |
| Zagut | -32 | 22.1 | 84 | Abraham Ben Samuel; Spanish astronomer (c. 1450-c. 1522). |
| Zahringer | 5.6 | 40.2 | 11 | Josef; German physicist (1929-1970). |
| Zanstra | 2.9 | 124.7 | 42 | Herman; Dutch astronomer (1894-1972). |
| Zasyadko | 3.9 | 94.2 | 11 | Alexander Dmitrievich; Russian rocketry scientist, inventor (1779-1837). |
| Zeeman | -75.2 | -133.6 | 190 | Pieter; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1865-1943). |
| Zelinskiy | -28.9 | 166.8 | 53 | Nikolay Dimitrievich; Soviet chemist (1860-1953). |
| Zeno | 45.2 | 72.9 | 65 | Of Citium; Greek philosopher (c. 335-263 B.C.). |
| Zernike | 18.4 | 168.2 | 48 | Frits; Dutch physicist; Nobel laureate (1888-1966). |
| Zhiritskiy | -24.8 | 120.3 | 35 | Georgii Sergeevich; Soviet rocketry scientist (1893-1966). |
| Zhukovskiy | 7.8 | -167 | 81 | Nikolay Egorovich; Russian physicist (1847-1921). |
| Zinner | 26.6 | -58.8 | 4 | Ernst; German astronomer (1886-1970). |
| [Zola] | -10.8 | 87 | 17 | Emile; French writer (1840-1902). |
| Zollner | -8 | 18.9 | 47 | Johann Karl Friedrich; German astrophysicist, astronomer (1834-1882). |
| Zsigmondy | 59.7 | -104.7 | 65 | Richard Adolf; Austrian chemist; Nobel laureate (1865-1929). |
| Zucchius | -61.4 | -50.3 | 64 | Zucchi, Niccolo; Italian mathematician, astronomer (1586-1670). |
| Zupus | -17.2 | -52.3 | 38 | Zupi, Giovanni Battista; Italian astronomer (c. 1590-1650). |
| Zwicky | -15.4 | 168.1 | 150 | Fritz; Swiss astrophysicist (1898-1974). |
