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Feature 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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Kaiser
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36.5S
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6.5E
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52
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Frederick ~ (1808-1872), Dutch astronomer.
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Kamerlingh
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15.0N
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115.8W
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66
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Heike ~ Onnes (1853-1926), Dutch physicist; awarded
the 1913 Nobel Prize in physics "for his investigations on the
properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to
the production of liquid helium."
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Kane
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63.1N
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26.1E
|
54
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Elisha Kent ~ (1820-1857), American explorer.
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Kant
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10.6S
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20.1E
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33
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Immanuel ~ (1724-1804), German philosopher.
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Kao
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6.7S
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87.6E
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34
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Ping-Tse ~ (1888-1970); Taiwanese astronomer.
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Kapteyn
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10.8S
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70.6E
|
49
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Jacobus C. ~ (1851-1922), Dutch astronomer.
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Karima
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25.9S
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103.0E
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3
|
Arabic female name; also market district in the Sudan.
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Karpinskiy
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73.3N
|
166.3E
|
92
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Aleksey P. ~ (1846-1936), Soviet geologist.
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Karrer
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52.1S
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141.8W
|
51
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Paul ~ (1889-1971), Russian-Swiss biochemist; first to
isolate vitamins A and K, and to synthesize vitamins B² and E.
Awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize in chemistry "for his investigations on
carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B²."
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Kasper
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8.3N
|
122.1E
|
12
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Polish male name.
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Kästner
|
6.8S
|
78.5E
|
108
|
Abraham Gotthelf ~ (1719-1800), German mathematician
and physicist.
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Katchalsky
|
5.9N
|
116.1E
|
32
|
Aharon Katzir-Katchalsky (1914-1972), Polish-Israeli
chemist; received the Israel Prize in 1961.
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Kathleen
|
5.9N
|
116.1E
|
32
|
Irish female name.
|
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Kearons
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11.4S
|
112.6W
|
23
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William M. ~ (1878-1948), American astronomer.
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Keeler
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10.2S
|
161.9E
|
160
|
James E. ~ (1857-1900), American astronomer.
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Kekulé
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16.4N
|
138.1W
|
94
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Friedrich A. ~, later Kekulé von Stradonitz
(1829-1896), German chemist and theorist.
|
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Keldysh
|
51.2N
|
43.6E
|
33
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Mstislav V. ~ (1911-1978), Soviet mathematician.
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Kennedy |
8.5 N |
122.3E |
117 |
John Fitzgerald ~ (1917-1963), 35th President of the United States;
championed American space program, culminating in first manned Lunar
landing. Honorary designation of former Crater Carol. |
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Kepinski
|
28.8N
|
126.6E
|
31
|
F. ~ (1885-1966), Polish astronomer.
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Kepler
|
8.1N
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38.0W
|
31
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Johannes ~ (1571-1630), German astronomer.
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Khvol'son
|
13.8S
|
111.4E
|
54
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Orest D. ~ (1852-1934), Soviet physicist.
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Kibal'chich
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3.0N
|
146.5W
|
92
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Nikolai Ivanovich ~ (1853-1881), Russian rocketry
scientist.
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Kidinnu
|
35.9N
|
122.9E
|
56
|
~, or Cidenas (?-c. 343 B.C.), Babylonian astronomer.
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Kies
|
26.3S
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22.5W
|
45
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Johann ~ (1713-1781), German mathematician,
astronomer.
|
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Kiess
|
6.4S
|
84.0E
|
63
|
Carl Clarence ~ (1887-1967), American astrophysicist.
|
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Kimura
|
57.1S
|
118.4E
|
28
|
Hisashi ~ (1870-1943), Japanese astronomer.
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Kinau
|
60.8S
|
15.1E
|
41
|
C. A. ~ (?-fl. 1850), German botanist, selenographer.
|
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King
|
5.0N
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120.5E
|
76
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Arthur S. ~ (1876-1957), American physicist; Edward S.
~ (1861-1931), American astronomer.
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Kira
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17.6S
|
132.8E
|
3
|
Russian female name.
|
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Kirch
|
39.2N
|
5.6W
|
11
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Gottfried ~ (1639-1710), German astronomer.
|
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Kircher
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67.1S
|
45.3W
|
72
|
Athanasius ~ (1601-1680), German mathematician and
humanitarian.
|
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Kirchhoff
|
30.3N
|
38.8E
|
24
|
Gustav Robert ~ (1824-1887), German physicist.
|
|
Kirkwood
|
68.8N
|
156.1W
|
67
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Daniel ~ (1814-1895), American astronomer.
|
|
Klaproth
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69.8S
|
26.0W
|
119
|
Martin Heinrich ~ (1743-1817), German chemist and
mineralogist.
|
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Klein
|
12.0S
|
2.6E
|
44
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Hermann Joseph ~ (1844-1914), German astronomer.
|
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Kleymenov
|
32.4S
|
140.2W
|
55
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Ivan T. ~ (1898-1938), Soviet rocketry scientist.
|
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Klute
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37.2N
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141.3W
|
75
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Daniel O. ~ (1921-1964), American rocketry scientist.
|
|
Knox-Shaw
|
5.3N
|
80.2E
|
12
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Harold ~ (1885-1970), British astronomer.
|
|
Koch
|
42.8S
|
150.1E
|
95
|
Robert ~ (1843-1910), German physician and researcher;
discovered the cholera bacillus. Awarded the 1905 Nobel Prize in
medicine "for his investigations and discoveries in relation to
tuberculosis."
|
|
Kohlschutter
|
14.4N
|
154.0E
|
53
|
Arnold ~ (1883-1969), German astronomer.
|
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Kolhorster
|
11.2N
|
114.6W
|
97
|
Werner ~ (1887-1946), German physicist.
|
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Komarov
|
24.7N
|
152.5E
|
78
|
Vladimir M. ~ (1927-1967), Soviet cosmonaut; first
person to die on a spaceflight.
|
|
Kondratyuk
|
14.9S
|
115.5E
|
108
|
Yurij V. ~ (1897-1942), Soviet rocketry scientist.
|
|
Konig
|
24.1S
|
24.6W
|
23
|
Rudolf ~ (1865-1927), Austrian mathematician,
astronomer.
|
|
Konoplev
|
28.5S
|
125.5W
|
25
|
B.T. ~ (1912-1960), Soviet radio engineer.
|
|
Konstantinov
|
9.8N
|
158.4E
|
66
|
Konstantin I. ~ (1817-1871), Russian rocketry
scientist.
|
|
Kopff
|
17.4S
|
89.6W
|
41
|
August ~ (1882-1960), German astronomer.
|
|
Korolev
|
4.0S
|
157.4W
|
437
|
Sergei Pavlovich ~ (1906-1966), Soviet rocketry
scientist; known as the father of the Russian space program.
|
|
Kosberg
|
20.2S
|
149.6E
|
15
|
C. A. ~ (1903-1965), Soviet aeronaut.
|
|
Kostinskiy
|
14.7N
|
118.8E
|
75
|
Sergei K. ~ (1867-1937), Soviet astronomer.
|
|
Koval'skij
|
21.9S
|
101.0E
|
49
|
Marian A. ~ ( 1821-1884), Russian astronomer.
|
|
Kovalevskaya
|
30.8N
|
129.6W
|
115
|
Sofia V. ~ (1850-1891), Russian mathematician.
|
|
Kozyrev
|
46.8S
|
129.3E
|
65
|
Nikolai A. ~ (1908-1983), Russian astronomer.
|
|
Krafft
|
16.6N
|
72.6W
|
51
|
Wolfgang Ludwig ~ (1743-1814), German astronomer,
physicist.
|
|
Kramarov
|
2.3S
|
98.8W
|
20
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G. M. ~ (1887-1970), Soviet space scientist.
|
|
Kramers
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53.6N
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127.6W
|
61
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Hendrik A. ~ (1894-1952), Dutch physicist.
|
|
Krasnov
|
29.9S
|
79.6W
|
40
|
Aleksander V. ~ (1866-1907), Russian astronomer.
|
|
Krasovski
|
3.9N
|
175.5W
|
59
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Feodosi N. ~ (1878-1948), Soviet geodesist.
|
|
Kreiken
|
9.0S
|
84.6E
|
23
|
Edberg Adrian ~ (1896-1964), Dutch educator and
astronomer.
|
|
Krieger
|
29.0N
|
45.6W
|
22
|
Johann Nepomuk ~ (1865-1902), German selenographer.
|
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Krishna
|
24.5N
|
11.3E
|
3
|
~, Most widely revered and most popular of all Indian
divinities.
|
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Krogh
|
9.4N
|
65.7E
|
19
|
Schack August Steenberg ~ (1874-1949), Danish
zoologist and physiologist; awarded the 1920 Nobel Laureate in
medicine "for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating
mechanism."
|
|
Krusenstern
|
26.2S
|
5.9E
|
47
|
Adam Johann, Baron von ~ (1770-1846), Russian
explorer.
|
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Krylov
|
35.6N
|
165.8W
|
49
|
Aleksei Nikolaevich ~ (1863-1945), Soviet
mathematician, compass theorist and mechanical engineer.
|
|
Kugler
|
53.8S
|
103.7E
|
65
|
Franz Xavier ~ (1862-1929), German Jesuit
chronologist; an authority on Babylonian and biblical astronomy,
chronology and mythology
|
|
Kuiper
|
9.8S
|
22.7W
|
6
|
Gerard Peter ~ (1905-1973), Dutch-American astronomer.
|
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Kulik
|
42.4N
|
154.5W
|
58
|
Leonid A. ~ (1883-1942), Soviet mineralogist.
|
|
Kundt
|
11.5S
|
11.5W
|
10
|
August ~ (1839-1894), German physicist.
|
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Kunowsky
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3.2N
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32.5W
|
18
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Georg Karl Friedrich ~ (1786-1846), German astronomer.
|
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Kuo Shou Ching
|
8.4N
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133.7W
|
34
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~ (1231-1316), Chinese astronomer; Kuo's torquetum, an
early astronomical device capable of fixing star positions and
producing conversions between equatorial and ecliptical coordinates,
was the first astronomical device to use an equatorial mounting. It
was constructed at Linfen, Shansi Province, but stands today at
Nanjing, where it is utterly useless.
|
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Kurchatov
|
38.3N
|
142.1E
|
106
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Igor V. ~ (1903-1960), Soviet nuclear physicist;
founding father of Soviet nuclear weapons program.
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