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1036:Aristillus
1021:Argelander
1011:Archimedes
991:Apollonius
911:Anaximenes
901:Anaxagoras
836:Aliacensis
826:Alfraganus
457:2007-10-24
400:Spudis, P.
396:Bussey, B.
325:2006-09-15
307:References
241:Longitude
207:Freundlich
199:lunar mare
143:Clementine
1736:Brianchon
1716:Bredikhin
1651:Boscovich
1586:Boltzmann
1546:Bobillier
1526:Blanchard
1521:Blancanus
1481:Birkeland
1451:Bianchini
1431:Bessarion
1426:Berzelius
1416:Bernoulli
1326:Becquerel
1291:Barringer
1126:Autolycus
1086:Aryabhata
1066:Artamonov
1061:Arrhenius
1051:Armstrong
1026:Ariadaeus
966:Antoniadi
961:Ansgarius
931:Andersson
866:Alphonsus
821:Alexander
796:Al-Biruni
726:Abul Wafa
495:122125855
297:174.5° E
283:174.0° E
269:172.7° E
255:179.5° E
244:Diameter
238:Latitude
171:in 1970.
1826:Butlerov
1821:BĂĽsching
1751:Brisbane
1741:Bridgman
1731:Brewster
1721:Breislak
1701:Brashear
1691:Brackett
1676:Bowditch
1606:Bonpland
1596:Bombelli
1561:Boethius
1511:Blackett
1501:Bjerknes
1486:Birkhoff
1441:Bettinus
1391:Benedict
1321:Beaumont
1286:Barocius
1261:Bancroft
1231:Balandin
1216:Baillaud
1206:Backlund
1151:Avogadro
1146:Avicenna
1106:Ashbrook
1091:Arzachel
1046:Armiński
1016:Archytas
996:Appleton
956:Annegrit
946:Angström
936:Andronov
926:Anderson
896:Amundsen
891:Amontons
886:Ammonius
876:Ameghino
781:Al-Bakri
731:Abulfeda
716:Abenezra
601:(1999).
577:(1962).
551:(1990).
505:(2001).
402:(2004).
383:(1982).
364:16 April
294:22.5° N
280:22.9° N
266:19.5° N
252:19.4° N
211:Anderson
181:basaltic
161:far side
83:Diameter
57:174°49′E
1841:Byrgius
1816:Burnham
1791:Buisson
1776:Brunner
1761:Brouwer
1726:Brenner
1711:Brayley
1666:Bouguer
1536:Blazhko
1471:Bingham
1461:Bilharz
1421:Berosus
1411:Berlage
1406:Berkner
1396:Bergman
1386:Belyaev
1351:Beketov
1301:Bartels
1281:Barnard
1271:Barbier
1266:Banting
1196:Babcock
1191:Babbage
1186:Babakin
1101:Asclepi
1076:Artemis
981:Apianus
976:Anville
971:Anuchin
846:Almanon
831:Alhazen
816:Alekhin
756:Agrippa
746:Aepinus
475:Bibcode
163:of the
98:Unknown
54:20°52′N
1801:Bunsen
1786:Buffon
1746:Briggs
1706:Braude
1631:Borman
1591:Bolyai
1551:Bobone
1446:Bhabha
1436:Bessel
1376:Bellot
1341:Behaim
1331:Bečvář
1296:Barrow
1276:Barkla
1251:Balmer
1241:Baldet
1236:Balboa
1221:Bailly
1156:Azophi
1136:Auzout
1131:Auwers
1121:Atwood
1056:Arnold
1006:Aratus
986:Apollo
921:Anders
811:Aldrin
791:Albert
766:Aitken
736:Acosta
721:Abetti
628:
609:
587:
563:
537:
518:
493:
435:
414:
201:named
188:albedo
115:Eponym
1771:Bruce
1766:Brown
1756:Bronk
1696:Bragg
1686:Boyle
1681:Bowen
1646:Bosch
1641:Borya
1626:Boris
1621:Borel
1616:Borda
1611:Boole
1541:Bliss
1516:Blagg
1506:Black
1466:Billy
1456:Biela
1316:Beals
1311:Bayer
1226:Baily
1181:Baade
1141:Avery
1116:Atlas
1111:Aston
1096:Asada
1001:Arago
916:Anděl
881:Amici
871:Alter
856:Aloha
806:Alder
801:Alden
741:Adams
706:Abbot
688:: A–B
491:S2CID
215:Dante
154:lunar
134:image
93:Depth
37:image
1836:Byrd
1811:BĂĽrg
1781:Buch
1661:Boss
1656:Bose
1636:Born
1576:Bohr
1556:Bode
1496:Birt
1476:Biot
1366:Bell
1356:BĂ©la
1336:Beer
1306:Bawa
1246:Ball
1211:Baco
1201:Back
941:Ango
776:Alan
771:Akis
761:Airy
711:Abel
701:Abbe
686:Moon
626:ISBN
607:ISBN
585:ISBN
561:ISBN
535:ISBN
516:ISBN
433:ISBN
412:ISBN
386:NASA
366:2024
359:NASA
355:USGS
184:lava
165:Moon
1581:Bok
951:Ann
483:doi
351:IAU
169:IAU
35:LRO
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291:Z
277:Y
263:Q
249:H
221:.
1174:B
694:A
675:e
668:t
661:v
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