|
Latin Name
|
Lat
|
Long
|
Diam
|
Origin
|
Palisa |
9.4S |
7.2W |
33 |
Johann; Czechoslovakian-Austrian
astronomer (1848-1925). |
Palitzsch |
28.0S |
64.5E |
41 |
Johann Georg; German astronomer (1723-1788). |
Pallas |
5.5N |
1.6W |
46 |
"Peter Simon; Germangeologist, natural
historian (1741-1811)." |
Palmieri |
28.6S |
47.7W |
40 |
"Luigi; Italian physicist, mathematician
(1807-1896)." |
Paneth |
63.0N |
94.8W |
65 |
Friedrich Adolf; German chemist (1887-1958). |
Pannekoek |
4.2S |
140.5E |
71 |
Antonie; Dutch astronomer (1873-1960). |
Papaleksi |
10.2N |
164.0E |
97 |
Nikolaj D.; Soviet physicist (1880-1947). |
Paracelsus |
23.0S |
163.1E |
83 |
"Theophrastus B. vonHohenheim; Swiss-American
doctor, chemist (" |
Paraskevopoulos |
50.4N |
149.9 |
94 |
John S.; Greek-American astronomer
(1889-1951). |
Parenago |
25.9N |
108.5W |
93 |
Pavel P.; Soviet astronomer (1906-1960). |
Parkhurst |
33.4S |
103.6E |
96 |
John A.; American astronomer (1861-1925). |
Parrot |
14.5S |
3.3E |
70 |
"Johann Jacob F. W.;Russian doctor,
physicist (1792-1840)." |
Parry |
7.9S |
15.8W |
47 |
William Edward; British explorer
(1790-1855). |
Parsons |
37.3N |
171.2W |
40 |
John W.; American rocketry scientist
(1913-1952). |
Pascal |
74.6N |
70.3W |
115 |
Blaise; French mathematician (1623-1662). |
Paschen |
13.5S |
139.8W |
124 |
Friedrich; German physicist (1865-1940). |
Pasteur |
11.9S |
104.6E |
224 |
"Louis; French chemist, microbiologist
(1822-1895)." |
Patricia |
25.0N |
0.3E |
5 |
English female name. |
Patsaev |
16.7S |
133.4E |
55 |
Viktor I.; Soviet engineer (1933-1971). |
Pauli |
44.5S |
136.4E |
84 |
Wolfgang; Austrian-American physicist;
Nobel laureate (1900-1 |
Pavlov |
28.8S |
142.5E |
148 |
Ivan P.; Soviet physiologist; Nobel
laureate (1849-1936). |
Pawsey |
44.5N |
145.0E |
60 |
Joseph L.; Australian radio astronomer
(1908-1962). |
Peary |
88.6N |
33.0E |
73 |
Robert E.; Americanexplorer (1856-1920). |
Pease |
12.5N |
106.1W |
38 |
Francis G.; American astronomer (1881-1938). |
Peek |
2.6N |
86.9E |
12 |
Bertrand Meigh; British astronomer
(1891-1965). |
Peirce |
18.3N |
53.5E |
18 |
"Benjamin; American mathematician,
astronomer (1809-1880)." |
Peirescius |
46.5S |
67.6E |
61 |
"Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri De;
French astronomer, archaeolog" |
Pentland |
64.6S |
11.5E |
56 |
Joseph Barclay; Irish geographer
(1797-1873). |
Perel'man |
24.0S |
106.0E |
46 |
Yakov I.; Soviet rocketry scientist
(1882-1942). |
Perepelkin |
10.0S |
129.0E |
97 |
Evgenij J.; Soviet astrophysicist
(1906-1940). |
Perkin |
47.2N |
175.9W |
62 |
Richard S.; American telescope manufacturer
(1906-1969). |
Perrine |
42.5N |
127.8W |
86 |
Charles D.; American astronomer (1867-1951). |
Petavius |
25.1S |
60.4E |
188 |
"Petau, Denis; French chronologist,
astronomer (1583-1652)." |
Petermann |
74.2N |
66.3E |
73 |
August Heinrich; German geographer
(1822-1878). |
Peters |
68.1N |
29.5E |
15 |
Christian August Friedrich; German
astronomer (1806-1880). |
Petit |
2.3N |
63.5E |
5 |
Alexis Therese; French physicist
(1771-1820). |
Petrie |
45.3N |
108.4E |
33 |
Robert M.; Canadianastronomer (1906-1966). |
Petropavlovskiy |
37.2N |
114.8W |
63 |
Boris S.; Soviet rocketry engineer
(1898-1933). |
Petrov |
61.4S |
88.0E |
49 |
Evgenij S.; Soviet rocketry scientist
(1900-1942). |
Pettit |
27.5S |
86.6W |
35 |
Edison; American astronomer (1889-1962). |
Petzval |
62.7S |
110.4W |
90 |
Joseph von; Austrian optician (1807-1891). |
Phillips |
26.6S |
75.3E |
122 |
"John; British geologist, astronomer
(1800-1874)." |
Philolaus |
72.1N |
32.4W |
70 |
"Of Croton; Greek mathematician,
astronomer, philosopher (u" |
Phocylides |
52.7S |
57.0W |
121 |
Johannes PhocylidesHolwarda (Jan
Fokker); Dutch astronomer (1 |
Piazzi |
36.6S |
67.9W |
134 |
Giuseppe; Italian astronomer (1746-1826). |
Piazzi-Smyth |
41.9N |
3.2W |
13 |
Charles; Scottish astronomer (1819-1900). |
Picard |
14.6N |
54.7E |
22 |
Jean; French astronomer (1620-1682). |
Piccolomini |
29.7S |
32.2E |
87 |
Alessandro; Italianastronomer (1508-1578). |
Pickering |
2.9S |
7.0E |
15 |
Edward Charles; American astronomer
(1846-1919); Willaim H.; Ameri |
Pictet |
43.6S |
7.4W |
62 |
"Pictet-Turretin, Marc-Auguste; Swiss
physicist (1752-1825)." |
Pikel'ner |
47.9S |
123.3E |
47 |
"Solomon Borisovich;Soviet astronomer,
cosmologist (1921-1975)." |
Pilatre |
60.2S |
86.9W |
50 |
"Rozier, F. De; French aeronaut (1753-1785)." |
Pingre |
58.7S |
73.7W |
88 |
Alexandre Guy; French astronomer
(1711-1796). |
Pirandello |
2.8N |
88.8E |
8 |
"Luigi; Italian playwright, novelist
(1867-1936)." |
Pirquet |
20.3S |
139.6E |
65 |
Baron Guido von; Austrian (spacecraft
trajectories) astronaut (1867 |
Pitatus |
29.9S |
13.5W |
106 |
"Pitati, Pietro; Italian astronomer,
mathematician (unkn.-fl. c. 150" |
Pitiscus |
50.4S |
30.9E |
82 |
Bartholemaeus; German mathematician
(1561-1613). |
Pizzetti |
34.9S |
118.8E |
44 |
P.; Italian geodesist (1860-1918). |
Plana |
42.2N |
28.2E |
44 |
"Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo; Italian
astronomer, geometricia" |
Planck |
57.9S |
136.8E |
314 |
Max Karl Ernst; German physicist;
Nobel laureate (1858-1947). |
Plante |
10.2S |
163.3E |
37 |
Gaston; French physicist (1834-1889). |
Plaskett |
82.1N |
174.3E |
109 |
John S.; Canadian astronomer (1865-1941). |
Plato |
51.6N |
9.4W |
109 |
Greek philosopher c.428-c.347 B.C. |
Playfair |
23.5S |
8.4E |
47 |
"John; Scottish mathematician, geologist
(1748-1819)." |
Plinius |
15.4N |
23.7E |
43 |
Gaius Plinius Secundus (The Elder);
Roman natural scientist (2 |
Plummer |
25.0S |
155.0W |
73 |
Henry C.; British astronomer (1875-1946). |
Plutarch |
24.1N |
79.0E |
68 |
Greek biographer c.A.D.46-c.120 |
Poczobutt |
57.1N |
98.8W |
195 |
Martin Odlanicky; Polish astronomer
(1728-1810). |
Pogson |
42.2S |
110.5E |
50 |
Norman Robert; British astronomer
(1829-1891). |
Poincare |
56.7S |
163.6E |
319 |
"Jules Henri; Frenchmathematician,
physicist (1854-1912)." |
Poinsot |
79.5N |
145.7W |
68 |
Louis; French mathematician (1777-1859). |
Poisson |
30.4S |
10.6E |
42 |
Simeon Denis; French mathematician
(1781-1840). |
Polybius |
22.4S |
25.6E |
41 |
Greek historian (204(?)-122(?) B.C.). |
Polzunov |
25.3N |
114.6E |
67 |
Ivan I.; Russian heat engineer (1728-1766). |
Pomortsev |
0.7N |
66.9E |
23 |
Mikhail Mikhailovich; Russian rocketry
scientist (1851-1916). |
Poncelet |
75.8N |
54.1W |
69 |
"Jean V.; French mathematician, engineer
(1788-1867)." |
Pons |
25.3S |
21.5E |
41 |
Jean Louis; French astronomer (1761-1831). |
Pontanus |
28.4S |
14.4E |
57 |
"Pontano, Giovanni Gioviani; Italian
astronomer (1427-1503)." |
Pontecoulant |
58.7S |
66.0E |
91 |
"Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte
De Pontecoulant; French mathematici" |
Pope |
9.5S |
89.0E |
17 |
Alexander; British writer (1688-1744). |
Popov |
17.2N |
99.7E |
65 |
"Aleksandr S.; Russian physicist,
engineer (1859-1905); C.; Bu" |
Porter |
56.1S |
10.1W |
51 |
Russell W.; American telescope designer
(1871-1949). |
Posidonius |
31.8N |
29.9E |
95 |
Of Apamea; Greek geographer (135(?)-51(?)
B.C.). |
Poynting |
18.1N |
133.4W |
128 |
John H.; British physicist (1852-1914). |
Prager |
3.9S |
130.5E |
60 |
Richard A.; German-American astronomer
(1884-1945). |
Prandtl |
60.1S |
141.8E |
91 |
Ludwig; German physicist (1875-1953). |
Priestley |
57.3S |
108.4E |
52 |
Joseph; British chemist (1733-1804). |
Prinz |
25.5N |
44.1W |
46 |
Wilhelm; German-Belgian astronomer
(1857-1910). |
Priscilla |
0.0N |
0.0E |
0 |
Latin female name. |
Proclus |
16.1N |
46.8E |
28 |
"Diadochos (The Successor); Greek
mathematician, astron" |
Proctor |
46.4S |
5.1W |
52 |
Mary; American astronomer (1862-1957). |
Protagoras |
56.0N |
7.3E |
21 |
Greek philosopher (481(?)-411(?)
B.C.). |
Ptolemaeus |
9.3S |
1.9W |
164 |
"Ptolemy, Claudius; Greek astrononer,
mathematician, geographer (" |
Puiseux |
27.8S |
39.0W |
24 |
Pierre; French astronomer (1855-1928). |
Pupin |
23.8N |
11.0W |
2 |
Michael Idvorsky; Yugoslavian-American
physicist (1858-1935). |
Purbach |
25.5S |
2.3W |
115 |
"Georg von; Austrianmathematician,
astronomer (1423-1461)." |
Purkynve |
1.6S |
94.9E |
48 |
"Jan Evangelista; Czechoslovakian
doctor, physiologist (1787-18" |
Pythagoras |
63.5N |
63.0W |
142 |
"Of Samos; Greek philosopher, mathematician
(unkn-fl. c. 532 B" |
Pytheas |
20.5N |
20.6W |
20 |
"Of Marseilles; Greek navigator,
geographer (b. c. 308 B.C.)." |
