Hevelius is a low-rimmed lunar impact crater that lies at the western edge of the Oceanus Procellarum, named after the astronomer Johannes Hevelius by...

Bohemian origin. As a young boy, Hevelius was sent to Gądecz (Gondecz) where he studied the Polish language. Hevelius brewed the famous Jopen beer, which...

Tycho (/ˈtaɪkoʊ/) is a prominent lunar impact crater located in the southern lunar highlands, named after the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546–1601)...

impact crater located in the southern highlands region to the southeast of Mare Nubium. It is joined at the chaotic northern rim by the crater Purbach...

IV" after Philip IV of Spain. And Johannes Hevelius named it 'Etna M.' after Mount Etna. Later the crater was nicknamed "the Monarch of the Moon" by lunar...

the crater and the person the crater is named for. Where a crater formation has associated satellite craters, these are detailed on the main crater description...

dark-floored walled plain Grimaldi, and just to the south of the crater Hevelius. This crater is nearly circular, although it does not appear so from the Earth...

Menelaus (/ˌmɛnɪˈleɪəs/) is a young lunar impact crater located on the southern shore of Mare Serenitatis near the eastern end of the Montes Hæmus mountain...

the west part of the visible Moon. It nearly joins the northern rim of Hevelius to the south. The rim of Cavalerius is relatively high, rising to over...

impact crater that lies at the west edge of the Oceanus Procellarum, near the western limb of the Moon. It lies to the northwest of the crater Hevelius, and...