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Latin Name
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Lat
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Long
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Diam
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Origin
|
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Baade
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44.8S
|
81.8W
|
55
|
Wilhelm Heinrich Walter ~ (1893-1960), German-American astronomer;
discovered the asteroids Hidalgo and Icarus.
|
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Babakin
|
20.8S
|
123.3E
|
20
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Georgi N. ~ (1914-1971), Soviet space scientist.
|
|
Babbage
|
59.7N
|
57.1W
|
143
|
Charles ~ (1792-1871), British
mathematician; credited with having conceived
the first automatic digital computer.
|
|
Babcock
|
4.2N
|
93.9E
|
99
|
Harold Delos ~ (1882-1968), American astronomer,
physicist; his son, Horace Welcome ~ (1912- ), is also a noted
astronomer and physicist.
|
|
Back
|
1.1N
|
80.7E
|
35
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Ernst E. A. ~ (1881-1959), German physicist.
|
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Backlund
|
16.0S
|
103.0E
|
75
|
Jöns Oskar ~ (1846-1916), Swedish-born Russian astronomer.
|
|
Bacon
|
51.0S
|
19.1E
|
69
|
Roger ~ (c. 1214-1294), British natural philosopher,
optician.
|
|
Baillaud
|
74.6N
|
37.5E
|
89
|
Édouard Benjamin (1848-1934), French astronomer.
|
|
Bailly
|
66.5S
|
69.1W
|
287
|
Jean Sylvain ~ (1736-1793), French astronomer.
|
|
Baily
|
49.7N
|
30.4E
|
26
|
Francis ~ (1774-1844), British astronomer.
|
|
Balandin
|
18.9S
|
152.6E
|
12
|
A. A. ~ (1898-1967), Soviet chemist.
|
|
Balboa
|
19.1N
|
83.2W
|
69
|
Vasco Nunez de ~ (1475-1517), Spanish explorer.
|
|
Baldet
|
53.3S
|
151.1W
|
55
|
Francois ~ (1885-1964), French astronomer.
|
|
Ball
|
35.9S
|
8.4W
|
41
|
William ~ (?-1690), British astronomer.
|
|
Balmer
|
20.3S
|
69.8E
|
138
|
Johann Jakob ~ (1825-1898), Swiss mathematician, physician.
|
|
Balzac
|
8.0S
|
95.0E
|
39
|
Honoré de ~ (1799-1850), French author ("The
Human Comedy").
|
|
Banachiewicz
|
5.2N
|
80.1E
|
92
|
Tadeusz ~ (1882-1954), Polish astronomer, mathematician.
|
|
Bancroft
|
28.0N
|
6.4W
|
13
|
W. D. ~ (1867-1953), American scientist and educator;
performed early experiments in cloud seeding.
|
|
Banting
|
26.6N
|
16.4E
|
5
|
Sir Frederick Grant ~ (1891-1941), Canadian doctor and
researcher, Nobel
laureate; discovered insulin.
|
|
Barbier
|
23.8S
|
157.9E
|
66
|
Daniel ~ (1907-1965), French astronomer.
|
|
Barkla
|
10.7S
|
67.2E
|
42
|
Charles Glover ~
(1877-1944), British physicist; Nobel laureate.
|
|
Barnard
|
29.5S
|
85.6E
|
105
|
Edward E. ~ (1857-1923), American astronomer.
|
|
Barocius
|
44.9S
|
16.8E
|
82
|
Franciscus ~ [Francesco Barozzi] (?-fl.1570), Italian mathematician.
|
|
Barringer
|
28.0S
|
149.7W
|
68
|
Daniel M. ~ (1860-1929), American engineer, geologist.
|
|
Barrow
|
71.3N
|
7.7E
|
92
|
Isaac ~ (1630-1677), British mathematician.
|
|
Bartels
|
24.5N
|
89.8W
|
55
|
Julius ~ (1899-1964), German geophysicist.
|
|
Baudelaire
|
23.2S
|
123.1E
|
15
|
Pierre Charles ~ ( 1821-1867), French poet; noted as
"the father of modern criticism."
|
|
Bawa
|
25.3S
|
102.6E
|
1
|
African male name.
|
|
Bayer
|
51.6S
|
35.0W
|
47
|
Johann ~ (1572-1625), German astronomer; devised the
system of identifying all stars visible to the naked eye by
assigning each visible star in a constellation one of the 24 Greek
letters.
|
|
Beals
|
37.3N
|
86.5E
|
48
|
Carlyle F. ~ (1899-1979), Canadian astronomer.
|
|
Beaumont
|
18.0S
|
28.8E
|
53
|
Leonce Elie de ~ (1798-1874), French geologist.
|
|
Becquerel
|
40.7N
|
129.7E
|
65
|
Antoine H. ~ (1852-1908), French physicist; Nobel laureate.
|
|
Beer
|
27.1N
|
9.1W
|
9
|
Wilhelm ~ (1797-1850), German astronomer.
|
|
Behaim
|
16.5S
|
79.4E
|
55
|
Martin ~ (1459-1507), German navigator and
cartographer; his Nürnberg Terrestrial Globe is the earliest globe
extant.
|
|
Beijerinck
|
13.5S
|
151.8E
|
70
|
Martinus W. ~ (1851-1931), Dutch botanist.
|
|
Beketov
|
16.3N
|
29.2E
|
8
|
Nikolay Nikolayevich ~ (1827-1911), Russian chemist;
considered the father of physics and chemistry.
|
|
Bel'kovich
|
61.1N
|
90.2E
|
214
|
Igor V. ~ (1904-1949), Soviet astronomer.
|
|
Bela
|
24.7N
|
2.3E
|
11
|
Slavic female name.
|
|
Bell
|
21.8N
|
96.4W
|
86
|
Alexander Graham ~ (1847-1922), Scottish-American inventor
of the telephone; also helped develop the aileron, the movable
section of an airplane wing that controls roll, with aviator Glenn
Hammond Curtiss.
|
|
Bellinsgauze
|
60.6S
|
164.6W
|
63
|
Faddey F. ~(1778-1852), Russian explorer.
|
|
Bellot
|
12.4S
|
48.2E
|
17
|
Joseph Rene ~ (1826-1853), French explorer.
|
|
Belopol'skiy
|
17.2S
|
128.1W
|
59
|
Aristarch A. ~ (1854-1934), Russian astronomer.
|
|
Belyaev (Běljajev)
|
23.3N
|
143.5E
|
54
|
Pavel Ivanovič ~ (1925-1970), Soviet cosmonaut;
was on board Voskhod 2 when Alexei Leonov made history's first space
walk.
|
|
Benedict
|
4.4N
|
141.5E
|
14
|
Francis Gano ~(1870-1957), American chemist and
physiologist.
|
|
Bergman
|
7.0N
|
137.5E
|
21
|
Torbern Olof ~ (1735-1784), Swedish chemist,
physicist, mineralogist and astronomer; developed a theory of
chemical affinity, made improvements in the methods of chemical
analysis and in the classification of rocks, and performed important
research in crystallography.
|
|
Bergstrand
|
18.8S
|
176.3E
|
43
|
Carl Östen Emanuel ~ (1873-1948), Swedish astronomer.
|
|
Berkner
|
25.2N
|
105.2W
|
86
|
Lloyd V. ~ (1905-1967), American geophysicist.
|
|
Berlage
|
63.2S
|
162.8W
|
92
|
Hendrik P. ~ (1896-1968), Dutch geophysicist and meteorologist.
|
|
Bernini
|
14.9N
|
30.0E
|
7
|
Gianlorenzo ~ (1598-1680), Italian sculptor, painter
and architect.
|
|
Bernoulli (Bernouilli)
|
35.0N
|
60.7E
|
47
|
Jacob (Jacques) ~ (1654-1705), Swiss mathematician
whose Ars Conjectandi (posthumously published in 1713) is
still considered the most significant work on the theory of
probability; Jean (Johann) ~ (1667-1748), Swiss mathematician and
pioneer in calculus.
|
|
Berosus
|
33.5N
|
69.9E
|
74
|
~ the Chaldean (?-c.
250 B.C.), Babylonian astronomer.
|
|
Berzelius
|
36.6N
|
50.9E
|
50
|
Jons Jakob ~ (1779-1848), Swedish chemist.
|
|
Bessarion
|
14.9N
|
37.3W
|
10
|
Johannes ~ (c. 1369-1472), Greek scholar.
|
|
Bessel
|
21.8N
|
17.9E
|
15
|
Friedrich Wilhelm ~ (1784-1846), German astronomer.
|
|
Bettinus
|
63.4S
|
44.8W
|
71
|
Mario ~ (1582-1657), Italian mathematician and astronomer.
|
|
Bevcvavr
|
1.9S
|
125.2E
|
67
|
Antonin ~ (1901-1965), Czechoslovakian astronomer.
|
|
Bhabha
|
55.1S
|
164.5W
|
64
|
Homi J. ~ (1909-1966), Indian physicist.
|
|
Bianchini
|
48.7N
|
34.3W
|
38
|
Francesco ~ (1662-1729), Italian astronomer.
|
|
Biela
|
54.9S
|
51.3E
|
76
|
Wilhelm von ~ (1782-1856), Austrian astronomer.
|
|
Bilharz
|
5.8S
|
56.3E
|
43
|
Theodore Maximillian ~ (1825-1862), German doctor and
pathologist.
|
|
Billy
|
13.8S
|
50.1W
|
45
|
Jacques de ~ (1602-1679), French mathematician.
|
|
Bingham
|
8.1N
|
115.1E
|
33
|
Hiram ~ (1875-1956), American explorer; discovered
"lost city" of Machu Picchu.
|
|
Biot
|
22.6S
|
51.1E
|
12
|
Jean-Baptiste ~ (1774-1862), French astronomer.
|
|
Birkeland
|
30.2S
|
173.9E
|
82
|
Olaf K. ~ (1867-1917), Norwegian physicist.
|
|
Birkhoff
|
58.7N
|
146.1W
|
345
|
George D. ~ (1884-1944), American mathematician.
|
|
Birmingham
|
65.1N
|
10.5W
|
92
|
John ~ (1829-1884), Irish astronomer.
|
|
Birt
|
22.4S
|
8.5W
|
16
|
William R. ~ (1804-1881), British selenographer.
|
|
Bjerknes
|
38.4S
|
113.0E
|
48
|
Vilhelm F. K. ~ (1862-1951), Norwegian physicist.
|
|
Black
|
9.2S
|
80.4E
|
18
|
Joseph ~ (1728-1799), French chemist.
|
|
Blackett
|
37.5S
|
116.1W
|
141
|
Lord Patrick Maynard Stuart ~ (1897-1974), British
physicist and Nobel laureate; awarded for his development of the
Wilson cloud chamber method and his resultant discoveries in nuclear
physics and cosmic radiation.
|
|
Blagg
|
1.3N
|
1.5E
|
5
|
Mary Adela ~ (1858-1944), British astronomer.
|
|
Blancanus
|
63.8S
|
21.4W
|
117
|
Giuseppe Biancani (Josephus ~) (1566-1624), Italian
mathematician and astronomer.
|
|
Blanchard
|
58.5S
|
94.4W
|
40
|
J.P. ~ (1753-1809), French aeronaut.
|
|
Blanchinus
|
25.4S
|
2.5E
|
61
|
~, or Giovanni Bianchini (?-fl.1458), Italian astronomer.
|
|
Blazhko
|
31.6N
|
148.0W
|
54
|
Sergei Nikolaevich ~ (1870-1956), Soviet astronomer.
|
|
Bobillier
|
19.6N
|
15.5E
|
6
|
Etienne ~ (1798-1840), French geometer, best known for
his work on polars of curves and of algebraic surfaces.
|
|
Bobone
|
26.9N
|
131.8W
|
31
|
Jorge ~ (1901-1958), Argentinean astronomer.
|
|
Bode
|
6.7N
|
2.4W
|
18
|
Johann Elert ~ (1747-1826), German astronomer; his Uranographia
is considered the last great work of the golden age of celestial
cartography.
|
|
Boethius
|
5.6N
|
72.3E
|
10
|
~ (c.480-524), Greek physicist.
|
|
Boguslawsky
|
72.9S
|
43.2E
|
97
|
Palon Heinrich Ludwig von ~ (1789-1851), German astronomer.
|
|
Bohnenberger
|
16.2S
|
40.0E
|
33
|
Johann Gottlob Friedrich von ~ (1765-1831), German
astronomer.
|
|
Bohr
|
12.4N
|
86.6W
|
71
|
Niels Henrik David ~ (1885-1962), Danish physicist and
Nobel laureate; first to apply the quantum theory, which restricts
the energy of a system to certain discrete values, to the problem of
atomic and molecular structure.
|
|
Bok
|
20.2S
|
171.6W
|
45
|
Bart Jan ~ (1906-1983), Dutch-American
astronomer known for his work on the structure and evolution of the
Milky Way; discovered “Bok globules,” small dark clouds
observable against the background of bright nebulae; also Priscilla
Fairfield ~ (1896-1975), American astronomer and co-author of The
Milky Way (written with her husband, Bart J. Bok), a
comprehensive account of modern galactic research.
|
|
Boltzmann
|
74.9S
|
90.7W
|
76
|
Ludwig E. ~ (1844-1906), Austrian physicist.
|
|
Bolyai
|
33.6S
|
125.9E
|
135
|
Janos ~ (1802-1860), Hungarian mathematician.
|
|
Bombelli
|
5.3N
|
56.2E
|
10
|
Raphael ~ (1526-1572), Italian engineer-architect and mathematician.
|
|
Bondarenko
|
17.8S
|
136.3E
|
30
|
Valentin Vasilyevich ~ (1937-1961), Soviet cosmonaut;
killed while training in simulator.
|
|
Bonpland
|
8.3S
|
17.4W
|
60
|
Aime ~ (1773-1858), French botanist.
|
|
Boole
|
63.7N
|
87.4W
|
63
|
George ~ (1815-1864), self-taught British mathematician
and father of Boolean algebra.
|
|
Borda
|
25.1S
|
46.6E
|
44
|
Jean Charles ~ (1733-1799), French astronomer.
|
|
Borel
|
22.3N
|
26.4E
|
4
|
Felix Edouard Emile ~ (1871-1956), French mathematician.
|
|
Boris
|
30.6N
|
33.5W
|
10
|
Russian male name.
|
|
Borman
|
38.8S
|
147.7W
|
50
|
Frank ~ (1928-), American astronaut, engineer,
educator and businessman; flew on Gemini 7 and Apollo 8, later
served as head of Eastern Airlines.
|
|
Born
|
6.0S
|
66.8E
|
14
|
Max ~ (1882-1970), German physicist.
|
|
Boscovich
|
9.8N
|
11.1E
|
46
|
Ruggiero Giuseppe ~ (1711-1787), Italian physicist.
|
|
Bose
|
53.5S
|
168.6W
|
91
|
Jagadis C. ~ (1858-1937), Indian botanist and
physicist.
|
|
Boss
|
45.8N
|
89.2E
|
47
|
Lewis ~ (1846-1912), American astronomer.
|
|
Bouguer
|
52.3N
|
35.8W
|
22
|
Pierre ~ (1698-1758), French hydrographer; one of the
founders of the science of photometry.
|
|
Boussingault
|
70.2S
|
54.6E
|
142
|
Jean Baptiste Dieudonné ~ (1802-1887), French
agricultural chemist; credited with the idea of agricultural field
experiments.
|
|
Bowditch
|
25.0S
|
103.1E
|
40
|
Nathaniel ~ (1773-1848), American navigator and
mathematician.
|
|
Bowen
|
17.6N
|
9.1E
|
8
|
Ira Sprague ~ (1898-1973), American astronomer.
|
|
Boyle
|
53.1S
|
178.1E
|
57
|
Robert ~ (1627-1691), British natural philosopher and chemist.
|
|
Brackett
|
17.9N
|
23.6E
|
8
|
Frederick Sumner ~ (1896-1972), American physicist and
astronomer.
|
|
Bragg
|
42.5N
|
102.9W
|
84
|
William Henry ~ (1862-1942), English-Australian
physicist, Nobel
laureate; shared with his son, W. L. Bragg, the 1915 Nobel Prize
in Physics for their studies of X-ray spectra, X-ray diffraction and
crystal structure
|
|
Brashear
|
73.8S
|
170.7W
|
55
|
Dr. John Alfred ~ (1840-1920), American astronomer,
educator and optician; rose from Pittsburgh's steel mills to become
a world-renowned maker of telescopes and precision scientific
instruments.
|
|
Brayley
|
20.9N
|
36.9W
|
14
|
Edward William ~ (1801-1870), British geographer.
|
|
Bredikhin
|
17.3N
|
158.2W
|
59
|
Fedor A. ~ (1831-1904), Russian astronomer.
|
|
Breislak
|
48.2S
|
18.3E
|
49
|
Scipione ~ (1748-1826), Italian chemist, geologist and
mathematician.
|
|
Brenner
|
39.0S
|
39.3E
|
97
|
Leo ~ (1855-1928), Austrian astronomer; devised early
maps of Mars.
|
|
Brewster
|
23.3N
|
34.7E
|
10
|
Sir David ~ (1781-1868), Scottish optician; inventor
of the kaleidoscope.
|
|
Brianchon
|
75.0N
|
86.2W
|
134
|
Charles J. ~ (1783-1864), French mathematician.
|
|
Bridgman
|
43.5N
|
137.1E
|
80
|
Percy W. ~ (1882-1961), American physicist; Nobel laureate.
|
|
Briggs
|
26.5N
|
69.1W
|
37
|
Henry ~ (1556-1630), British mathematician.
|
|
Brisbane
|
49.1S
|
68.5E
|
44
|
Sir Thomas ~ (1770-1860), Scottish astronomer.
|
|
Bronk
|
26.1N
|
134.5W
|
64
|
Detlev Wulf ~ (1897-1975), American neurophysiologist.
|
|
Brouwer
|
36.2S
|
126.0W
|
158
|
Dirk ~ (1902-1966), American astronomer; Luitzen
Egbertus Jan ~ (1881-1966), Dutch mathematician and astronomer.
|
|
Brown
|
46.4S
|
17.9W
|
34
|
Ernest William ~ (1866-1938), British astronomer, mathematician.
|
|
Bruce
|
1.1N
|
0.4E
|
6
|
Catherine Wolfe ~ (1816-1900), American philanthropist
and astronomer; the prestigious Bruce
Gold Medal, awarded annually for excellence in astronomy, is
named in her honor.
|
|
Brunner
|
9.9S
|
90.9E
|
53
|
William O. ~ (1878-1958), Swiss astronomer.
|
|
Buch
|
38.8S
|
17.7E
|
53
|
Christian Leopold von ~ (1774-1853), German geologist.
|
|
Buffon
|
40.4S
|
133.4W
|
106
|
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de ~ (1707-1788), French natural historian,
remembered for his comprehensive work on natural history, Histoire
naturelle, générale et particulière.
|
|
Buisson
|
1.4S
|
112.5E
|
56
|
Henri ~ (1873-1944), French physicist and astronomer.
|
|
Bullialdus
|
20.7S
|
22.2W
|
60
|
Ismael Boulliaud, or ~ (1605-1694), French astronomer.
|
|
Bunsen
|
41.4N
|
85.3W
|
52
|
Robert Wilhelm ~ (1811-1899), German chemist and
inventor; among his inventions: the carbon-zinc electric cell, the
grease-spot photometer, the filter pump, the ice calorimeter and the
vapor calorimeter. He was the first to find magnesium in its
metallic state and study its physical and chemical properties.
Although his name is most often associated with the Bunsen burner,
he reportedly contributed little to its development.
|
|
Burckhardt
|
31.1N
|
56.5E
|
56
|
Johann Karl ~ (1773-1825), German astronomer.
|
|
Burg
|
45.0N
|
28.2E
|
39
|
Johann Tobias ~ (1766-1834), Austrian astronomer.
|
|
Burnham
|
13.9S
|
7.3E
|
24
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Sherburne Wesley ~ (1838-1921), American astronomer.
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Busching
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38.0S
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20.0E
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52
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Anton Friedrich ~ (1724-1793), German geographer and
educator who helped develop a scientific basis for the study of
geography.
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Butlerov
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12.5N
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108.7W
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40
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Aleksandr Mikhaylovich ~ (1828-1886), Russian chemist;
advanced the theory of structure in chemistry.
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Buys Ballot
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20.8N
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174.5E
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55
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Christoph Heinrich Diedrich ~ (1817-1890), Dutch meteorologist;
developed a standardized system for representing meteorological
findings.
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Byrd
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85.3N
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9.8E
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93
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Richard Evelyn ~ (1888-1957), American adventurer,
aviator and navigator; legendary Polar explorer.
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Byrgius
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24.7S
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65.3W
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87
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Joost Burgi, or ~ (1552-1632), Swiss horologist.
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