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Ancient Greeks on the Moon
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Apollo Belvedere on an Apollo 17 mission patch of the last and most successful mission to the Moon in December 1972
Craters on the moon named after ancient Greeks. The area of these craters combined is larger than that of the area of Modern Greece!!
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PHILOLAUS crater
70 km diameter
3400 mt height walls
72.1N – 32.4W
North west lunar field
Philolaus of Croton (c. 470 - c. 385) BC Mathematician, Astronomer
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PLATO crater
109 km diameter
2000 mt height walls
51.6N – 9.4W
Northern of Imbrium sea to west of the Alpes mounts
(428-347)BC, Philosopher
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http://thierrylambert.free.fr/lune/formations/platon.html
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POSIDONIUS crater
95 km diameter
1800 mt height walls
31.8N – 29.9E
East lunar field, on east margin of the Serenitatis sea
Posidonius of Apamea
(?135-?51)BC Geographer
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PROCLUS crater
16.1N – 46.8E
28 km diameter
Proclus Diadochus (410-485)AD Mathematician, Astronomer, Philosopher
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PROTAGORAS crater
21 km diameter
2100 mt height walls
56.0N – 7.3E
Northern margin of the Frigoris sea
Philosopher (?481-?411) BC
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PTOLEMAEUS crater
9.3S – 1.9W
164 km diameter
Ptolemy (87-158)AD Mathematician, Astronomer, Geographer
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PYTHAGORAS crater
142 km diameter
4800 mt height walls
63.5N – 63.0W
North west lunar field, on the lunar far edge
(?-532)BC Mathematician, Philisopher
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http://thierrylambert.free.fr/lune/formations/pythagoras.html
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PYTHEAS crater
20 km diameter
2400 mt height walls
20.5N – 20.6W
Southern region of the Imbrium sea
Pytheas of Marseilles (c. 380- c.310) BC
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