Selenographica · Plate VII Chapter IV — The Catalogue

Named Features · Catalogued 1836–2024 · 32× Growth

The catalogue compounds across centuries

Named features recorded in the IAU Planetary Nomenclature database, from Beer & Mädler's pioneering survey to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter era.

0 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 Features Catalogued 11,237 350 1836 1876 1935 1965 1994 2024 Year of Survey Publication FIG. 7.1
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