Women of the Moon List

There are 68 craters on the Moon with female names, with 28 named for actual women that have made contributions to humanity. The remaining 40 craters are female names from various nationalities and were added by the IAU in 1976 and 1979. The most recent additions were made in 1988 to honor the two women, Christa McAuliffe and Judy Resnick, who perished in the Challenger disaster of 1986.

Akis	Greek name
Ann	Hebrew name
Annegrit	German name
Artemis	Greek Moon goddess
Bela	Slavic name
Blagg, Mary Adela	British astronomer (1858-1944)
Bok, Priscilla Fairfield	American astronomer (1896-1975)
Bruce, Catherine Wolfe	American philanthropist, astronomer (1816-1900)
Cannon, Annie Jump	American astronomer (1863-1941)
Carol	Latin name
Catharina, St Catherine of Alexandria	Greek theologian, philosopher (unknown-c. 370)
Chang-Ngo	Chinese name
Christel	German name
Clerke, Agnes Mary	British astronomer (1842-1907)
Cori, Gerty Theresa Radnitz	Czech-American physiologist, Nobel laureate (1896-1957)
Delia	Greek name
Diana	Latin name
Donna	Italian name
Edith	English name
Fairouz	Arab name
Fleming, Williamina P.	American astronomer (1857-1911)
Grace	English name
Herschel, Carolyn	British astronomer (1750-1848)
Hypatia	Egyptian mathematician (unknown-A.D. 415)
Ina	Latin name
Isabel	Spanish name
Isis	Egyptian goddess
Jehan	Turkish name
Jenkins, Louise F.	American astronomer (1888-1970)
Joliot-Curie, Irene	French physicist, Nobel laureate (1897-1956)
Julienne	French name
Karima	Arabic name
Kathleen	Irish name
Kira	Russian name
Kovalevskaya, Sofia V.	Russian mathematician (1850-1891)
Leavitt, Henrietta S.	American astronomer (1868-1921)
Lepaute, Nichole Reine De La Briere	French astronomer (1723-1788)
Linda	Spanish name
Louise	French name
Mary	English form of Hebrew name
Maunder, Annie S. D. R.	British astronomer (1851-1928)
Maury, Antonia C.	American astronomer (1866-1952)
Mavis	Scottish name
McAuliffe, Sharon Christa	Civilian school teacher member of the Challenger crew (1948-1986)
Meitner, Lise	Austrian physicist (1878-1968)
Melissa	Greek name
Mitchell, Maria	American astronomer (1818-1889)
Monira	Arabic name
Natasha	Russian name
Noether, Emmy	German mathematician (1882-1935)
Patricia	English name
Priscilla	Latin name
Proctor, Mary	American astronomer (1862-1957)
Resnick, Judith Arlene	Member of the Challenger crew (1949-1986)
Rosa	Spanish name
Ruth	Hebrew name
Sappho	Greek poetess (unknown-c. 600 B.C.)
Shahinaz	Turkish name
Sheepshanks, Anne	British benefactor (1789-1876)
Sita	Indian name
Sklodowska, Marie (Madame Curie)	Polish physicist, chemist, Nobel laureate (1867-1934)
Sommerville, Mary Fairfax	Scottish physicist, mathematician (1780-1872)
Soraya	Persian name
Stella	Latin name
Sung-Mei	Chinese name
Susan	English name
Tereshkova, Valentina Vladimirovna	Soviet cosmonaut (1937-live)
Vera	Latin name

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