There are hundreds of thousands of craters on Mars, but only some of them have names. Here is a list of named Martian craters. Martian craters are named after famous scientists and science fiction authors, or after towns on Earth. This article is about impact craters, also known as meteor craters. ... Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the solar system, named after the Roman god of war (the counterpart of the Greek Ares), on account of its blood red color as viewed in the night sky. ... This article is about the profession. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town In American English, a town is usually a municipal corporation that is smaller than a city but larger than a village. ... Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...

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In Persian mythology, Aban is the name of an angel who presides over iron. ... Achar (also written as Achaar) is the Hindi word for the pickle. ... Walter Sydney Adams (December 20, 1876 – May 11, 1956) was an American astronomer. ... Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (May 28, 1807-December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American zoologist, glaciologist, and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and one of the first world-class American scientists. ... Jump to: navigation, search Airy crater is a crater on Mars, named in honor of the British Astronomer Royal Sir George Biddell Airy (1801-1892). ... Airy-0 is a crater on Mars whose location defines the position of the prime meridian of that planet. ... George Biddell Airy Sir George Biddell Airy (July 27, 1801–January 2, 1892) was British Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. ... Aki (安芸市; -shi) is a city located in Kochi, Japan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location in New York Founded Incorporated 1614 1686  County Albany County Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area  - Total  - Water 56. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York City Governor George Pataki (R) Senators Charles Schumer (D) Hillary Rodham Clinton (D) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² or 54,556 square miles (27th)  - Land... Location within France Albi is a city and commune in southern France. ... Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1883-1945), nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian writer from Soviet era who wrote erotic stories, science fiction, and historical novels. ... Jump to: navigation, search Amsterdam Location Country The Netherlands Province North Holland Population 739,295 (1 January 2005) Coordinates 4°54E - 52°22N Website www. ... The Netherlands (Dutch: Nederland) is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands (Dutch: Koninkrijk der Nederlanden). ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski (R) Senators Ted Stevens (R) Lisa Murkowski (R) Official languages English Area 663,267 mi² / 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 571,951... City nickname: Americas Sailing Capital Location in the state of Maryland Founded 1649 Mayor Ellen O. Moyer (Dem) Area  - Total  - Water 19. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Old Line State; Free State Other U.S. States Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Governor Robert L. Ehrlich (R) Senators Paul Sarbanes (D) Barbara Mikulski (D) Official languages English Area 32,160 km² (42nd)  - Land 25,338 km²  - Water 6,968 km² (21%) Population... Jump to: navigation, search Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870 – February 10, 1944) was a Turkish-born Greek astronomer who spent most of his life in France. ... Apia Apia, population 38,800 (2001), is the capital of Samoa. ... Apt is a market town and a commune in the Vaucluse département, in southern France. ... François Arago François Jean Dominique Arago (February 26, 1786 – October 2, 1853) was a French mathematician, physicist, astronomer, and politician. ... Arandas is a commune in the French département of Ain. ... Morro de Arica Arica is a port city in northern Chile, located only 18 km (11 miles) south of the border with Peru. ... Andrey Dmitrievich Arkhangelsky (Андрей Дмитриевич Архангельский) (December 8, 1879 – June 16, 1940) was a Russian geologist. ... Svante August Arrhenius Svante August Arrhenius (February 19, 1859 – October 2, 1927) was a Swedish chemist and one of the founders of the science of physical chemistry. ... Jump to: navigation, search View south along Galena Street in downtown Aspen. ... Jump to: navigation, search Coat of Arms Aveiro streets by night Sé Catedral de Aveiro Aveiro and one of its canals. ... Ayr is a town in Queensland, Australia at the delta of the Burdekin River. ... Azul is a city located at the center of the Buenos Aires province in Argentina. ... Azusa is a city located in Los Angeles County, California, United States. ...

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Georgi Nikolayevich Babakin (November 14, 1914 – August 3, 1971) was a Soviet Engineer working in the space program. ... Jump to: navigation, search Choi Sung-Hee, also known by her stage name Bada, is a South Korean singer. ... The Bashkir language is a Turkic language, a member of the Kyphchak group of languages. ... For the animal painter, see Hendrik Van de Sande Bakhuyzen Hendricus Gerardus Van de Sande Bakhuyzen (April 2, 1838 – January 8, 1923) was a Dutch astronomer. ... Image:Balboa. ... Fernand Baldet (March 16, 1885 – November 8, 1964) was a French astronomer. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Amadou Bamba, Muslim religious leader and founder of Mouridism Bamba snack, peanut butter snack food made in Israel Bamba, Congo, town in the Democratic Republic of Congo Bamba Crater, on the planet Mars, named after Bamba, Congo La Bamba This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages... Bamberg is a town in Bavaria, Germany. ... Jump to: navigation, search Banff townsite (left) and Tunnel Mountain (right) on the Bow River as seen from Sulphur Mountain. ... Bar is a town in Ukraine at the Rov river in Podolia. ... Nikolay Pavlovich Barabashov (March 30, 1894 – April 29, 1971) was a Russian astronomer. ... Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. ... Valeri Leonidovich Barsukov (Валерий Леонидович Барсуков) (March 14, 1928 – July 22, 1992) was a Soviet geochemist. ... Basin is the county seat of Big Horn County, Wyoming. ... The Baikonur Cosmodrome (Russian: Космодром Байконур, Kosmodrom Baykonur), also called Tyuratam, is the worlds oldest and largest working space launch facility. ... Henri Becquerel Antoine Henri Becquerel (December 15, 1852 – August 25, 1908) was a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity. ... Jump to: navigation, search Beer is a crater on Mars named in honor of the German astronomer Wilhelm Beer. ... Wilhelm Beer Wilhelm Wolff Beer (January 14, 1797 – March 27, 1850) was a banker and astronomer in Berlin, Germany, and brother of Giacomo Meyerbeer. ... Beltra (Béal Trá in Irish) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. ... Belz (Ukrainian Белз, Polish BeÅ‚z, Yiddish בעלז) is a small town in western Ukraine, near the border with Poland. ... Bend is a city located in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. ... High Bentham or Higher Bentham is a small town in the Craven district of North Yorkshire, England, with a population of around 3,000 people. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Jump to: navigation, search Bentong is a town in Pahang, Malaysia, as well as the district (daerah) surrounding the town. ... Berseba is a constituency in the Karas Region of Namibia. ... Francesco Bianchini (December 13, 1662 – March 2, 1729) was an Italian philosopher and scientist. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour (R) Senators Thad Cochran (R) Trent Lott (R) Official languages English Area 125,546 km² (32nd)  - Land 121,606 km²  - Water 3,940 km² (3%) Population (2000)  - Population 2,697... A dry cold wind that comes from the north in southeastern France (also bize) and from the northeast in Switzerland. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... Bison is a city located in Rush County, Kansas, named for the native large ungulate of the region. ... Vilhelm Bjerknes Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes (March 14, 1862 - April 9, 1951) was a Norwegian physicist and meteorologist who did much to found the modern practice of weather forecasting. ... Bland is a city located in Gasconade County, Missouri, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 565. ... Area: 188. ... Blois is a city in France, the préfecture (capital) city of the Loir-et-Cher département, situated on the banks of the lower river Loire between Orléans and Tours. ... This article is about the New Zealand town of Bluff. ... Bogra is a northern district of Bangladesh, in the Dhaka division. ... Bole (simplified Chinese: 博乐; traditional Chinese: 博樂;pinyin: Bólè; also known as Bortala) is a city in Xinjiang. ... Bombala is a town and local government area in the Monaro region of south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Nickname: First State, Premier State Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Governor Premier Const. ... George Phillips Bond (May 20, 1825 – February 17, 1865) was an American astronomer. ... Chesley Bonestell (1888-1986) was a painter, designer, and illustrator. ... Bonneville crater is a 200-metre crater on Mars. ... A butte in the Great Salt Lake Desert Lake Bonneville was a prehistoric pluvial lake that covered much of North Americas Great Basin region. ... Bor (Бор in Russian) is a town in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast in Russia. ... Jump to: navigation, search For the wine, see Bordeaux Wine City motto: Lilia sola regunt lunam undas castra leonem. ... Pierre Bouguer (February 16, 1698 – August 15, 1758) was a French mathematician. ... Boulia is a town in Central West Queensland, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... John Alfred Brashear (November 24, 1840 – April 8, 1920) was an American scientist and instrument builder. ... Map of Germany showing Bremerhaven Watershed of the River Weser Bremerhaven is a city in the federal state of Bremen, Germany. ... P. Briault was a French astronomer. ... The City of Bridgetown, population 5,928 (1990) metropolitan area 110,000 (2000), formerly the Town of Saint Michael, is the Capital city of the island nation of Barbados. ... Jump to: navigation, search Bristol is an English city and county and one of the three administrative centres of South West England (the others being Plymouth and Exeter). ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Bharuch (also known as Broach) is a district in south Gujarat state in India. ... Brush is a city located in Morgan County, Colorado. ... Alexander Georg von Bunge (September 29, 1803 – June 7, 1890) was German-Russian zoologist. ... Burroughs crater is a large crater on Mars. ... Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 - March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan, although he produced works in many genres. ... Charles E. Burton (1846 – June 9, 1882) was an Irish astronomer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Buta is a town in the northern Democratic Republic of Congo, lying on the Itimbiri River. ... Butte, Montana Butte is a city that is located in Silver Bow County, Montana and is the county seat. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an pioneering American polar explorer and famous aviator. ...

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Jump to: navigation, search City nickname: Tacita de plata (little silver cup) Location Location within Spain Government Province Cádiz Mayor Teófila Martínez Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 12. ... Jump to: navigation, search Cairns is a regional city and Local Government Area located in far north Queensland, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain is located in the comarca of La Rioja Baja, in that regions southwest, near the border with Navarre on the right bank of the Ebro. ... Camargo may refer to: Camargo, Kentucky Camargo, Oklahoma Camargo, Illinois This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Camiling is a municipality located in the province of Tarlac in the Philippines. ... John Wood Campbell, Jr. ... William Wallace Campbell (April 11, 1862 – June 14, 1938) was an American astronomer. ... There are parishes that have the name Campos in Portugal: Campos, a parish in the municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso Campos, a parish in the municipality of Vieira do Minho Campos, a parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Cerveira There are other things that have the name... Jump to: navigation, search Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: Sunshine State Other U.S. States Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Governor Jeb Bush (R) Senators Bill Nelson (D) Mel Martinez (R) Official languages English Area 170,451 km² (22nd)  - Land 137,374 km²  - Water 30,486 km² (17. ... Jump to: navigation, search Canberra is the capital of the Commonwealth of Australia and, with a population of just over 323,000, is also Australias largest inland city. ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Craters on Mars ... Canso is a small town in Canada. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit (One defends and the other conquers) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax [[Lieutenant-Governor of Nova scotia AlternateName =|Lieutenant-Governor]] Myra Freeman [[Premier of Nova scotia AlternateName =|Premier]] John Hamm (PC) Area 55,283 km² (12th... Cartago is the name of at least two different places: Cartago, Costa Rica Cartago, Colombia This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Giovanni Domenico (Jean-Dominique) Cassini Giovanni Domenico Cassini (June 8, 1625 - September 14, 1712) was an Italian-French astronomer and engineer. ... Vincenzo Cerulli (April 20, 1859 – May 30, 1927) was an Italian astronomer who owned a private observatory in Teramo. ... A crater on Mars named after Chafe, Zamfara State, Nigeria (2004 population, 10,100, 11. ... There are several parishes that have the name Chafe In Nigeria, Africa Chafe, Nigeria In Portugal, Europe Chafé (pronunciation: sha-FEH), a parish in the municipality of Viana do Castelo Other Chafe, a Martian crater chafe is heat excited by friction and vexation, irritation of mind and rage. ... Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843 – 1928) was an American geophysicist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Korea refers to South Korea and North Korea together, which were a unified country until 1948. ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Fedes Mores Juraque Curat Nickname: The Holy City, The Palmetto City Founded Incorporated 1670   County Berkeley and Charleston Counties Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr. ... Carl Vilhelm Ludwig Charlier (April 1, 1862 – November 5, 1934) was a Swedish astronomer. ... Cheb (German: Eger) is a city in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. ... Chimbote is the largest city of the Ancash region in Peru. ... Jump to: navigation, search Chincoteague is a town located in Accomack County, Virginia. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... CHOM is a popular English language radio station in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, broacasting classic rock online and at 97. ... Jump to: navigation, search Tibet (Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西藏, pinyin: XÄ«zàng; older spelling Thibet) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Chur is a town in Switzerland. ... Circle is a town located in McCone County, Montana. ... Alvan Clark (March 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887), born in Ashfield, Massachusetts, was an American astronomer and telescope maker. ... The first European explorer of what is now Quebec was Jacques Cartier, who planted a cross either in the Gaspé in 1534 or at Old Fort Bay on the Lower North Shore and sailed into the St. ... Cluny nowadays The town of Cluny or Clugny lies in the modern-day département of Saône-et-Loire in the région of France, near Mâcon. ... William Weber Coblentz (1873 – September 15, 1962) was an American physicist. ... Colón is a sea port city on the Caribbean Sea coast of Panama. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christopher Columbus (conjectural image) For information about the film director, see the article on Chris Columbus. ... Josep Comas Solá (or José Comas Solá) (December 19, 1868 – December 2, 1937) was a Spanish astronomer. ... Seal of Concord, MA Concord is a town located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Aviation Prioneers Memorial at Cooma, New South Wales, Australia, with artifacts recovered from the Avro 618 Ten aircraft, Southern Cloud, that crashed on 21 March 1931 in the Australian Alps Toolong Mountain range. ... Jump to: navigation, search Nicolaus Copernicus (in Latin; Polish: MikoÅ‚aj Kopernik;German: Nikolaus Kopernikus; February 19, 1473 – May 24, 1543) was a Polish astronomer, mathematician and economist who developed the heliocentric (Sun-centered) theory of the solar system in a form detailed enough to make it scientifically useful. ... Corby is an industrial town and a local government district located 8 miles north of Kettering in Northamptonshire, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Creel can refer to: Creel, Chihuahua, a small town near the Copper Canyon in Mexico. ... Crewe crater is a crater approximately 3 km in diameter on the planet Mars, located at 25° South, 10° West. ... Map sources for Crewe at grid reference SJ705557 Crewe is a large town in south Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Crivitz is an impact crater on Mars. ... Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (February 6, 1865 – September 20, 1939) was a British astronomer. ... Luiz Cruls (January 21, 1848 – June 21, 1908) was a Belgian astronomer who did most of his work in Brazil. ... Cue Beats produced the song A Baltimore Love Thing for 50 Cents sophmore album, The Massacre. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pierre Curie Pierre Curie (May 15, 1859 – April 19, 1906) was a pioneer in the study of crystallography, magnetism, piezoelectricity and radioactivity. ... Cypress is a village located in Johnson County, Illinois. ...

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Jump to: navigation, search Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, and painter. ... 大安區 Daan District (Chinese: 大安區, Wade Giles: Ta-an, Tongyong Pinyin: Da-an) is an important religious, educational, commercial, and cultural district of Taipei City. ... Jump to: navigation, search Daet is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. ... Reginald Aldworth Daly (March 18, 1871 – September 19, 1957) was a Canadian geologist. ... James Dwight Dana (February 12, 1813 - April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist and zoologist. ... The word dank can be: An adjective describing unpleasant dampness or humidity. ... Jump to: navigation, search Darvel is a town in the Irvine Valley, East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated nine miles east of Kilmarnock. ... Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland Gardens in Scotland... Jump to: navigation, search In his lifetime Charles Darwin gained international fame as a controversial and influential scientist. ... George Howard Darwin Sir George Howard Darwin, F.R.S. (July 9, 1845 – December 7, 1912) was a British astronomer and mathematician, the second son and fifth child of Charles and Emma Darwin. ... Davies is a crater on Mars located at 46°N 0°E on the fringe of Acidalia Planitia near Arabia Terra. ... William Rutter Dawes (March 19, 1799 – February 15, 1868) was a British astronomer. ... Gérard Henri de Vaucouleurs (April 25, 1918–October 7, 1995) was a French-American astronomer. ... Deba is a town located in the province of Gipuzkoa, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. ... Semion Ivanovich Dezhnev (Семён Ива́нович Дежнёв) (circa 1605 – 1673), Russian explorer who led the expedition that doubled the known extent of the easternmost promontory of the Eurasian continent in 1648, discovering that Asia is not connected to Alaska. ... Delta is a village located in Madison Parish, Louisiana. ... William Frederick Denning (November 25, 1848 – June 9, 1931) was a British astronomer. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dessie or Dese is a city in the Amhara region of Ethiopia, located on the paved Addis Ababa - Asmara highway. ... Map of Germany showing Dessau Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony-Anhalt. ... Dison is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Liège. ... Vasily Vasilievich Dokuchaev (Василий Васильевич Докучаев) (1840 – 1903) was a Russian geographer who is credited with laying foundations of soil science. ... Andrew Ellicott Douglass (July 5, 1867 – March 20, 1962) was an American astronomer. ... Downe is a village in the London Borough of Bromley, England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... There are a number of settlements called Dromore: In Northern Ireland: Dromore, Omagh Dromore, Banbridge This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267... Maurice du Martheray (1892 – April 12, 1955) was a Swiss astronomer and poet. ... Alexander Logie du Toit (March 14, 1878 – February 1948) was a South African geologist. ... Location of Dunhuang Dunhuang (Chinese: 敦煌, pinyin: DÅ«nhuáng; 40°6′ N 94°39′ E) is a city in Gansu province, China. ...

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Eads is a town located in Kiowa County, Colorado. ... Eagle Crater is the small crater in which the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found itself after landing on Mars in 2004. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. ... Edam (mun. ... Jump to: navigation, search Lindsay Atkins Eddie (1845 – October 13, 1913) was a South-African amateur astronomer. ... Eger is a large chicken. ... A statue of Leif Ericson in front of the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavik Leif Ericson (old Icelandic: Leifr Eiríksson) was an explorer, the son of Eric the Red (Eiríkr rauði), a Norwegian outlaw, who was the son of another Norwegian outlaw, Þorvaldr Ásvaldsson. ... Aqaba (Arabic: العقبة al-ʿAqabah; Standard Hebrew עקבה) is a coastal town in the far south of Jordan. ... Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... Ely is a city located in White Pine County, Nevada. ... Endurance is a crater on Mars that was visited by the Opportunity rover from May until December, 2004. ... Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed for the Antarctic on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1914. ... The facade of the chapel, in the baroque style of Jesuit churches, is integrated with the palatial facade El Escorial is an immense palace, monastery, museum, and library complex located at San Lorenzo de El Escorial (also San Lorenzo del Escorial), a town 45 kilometres northwest of Madrid in the... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Eudoxus of Cnidus (Greek Εύδοξος) (410 or 408 BC - 355 or 347 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and friend of Plato. ... Eupatoria (Russian: , Ukrainian: , Tatar: Kezlev), also known as Yevpatoria or Evpatoria, as pronounced in Russian and Ukrainian, is a town in the Crimea. ...

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Falun is a Municipality in Dalarna County, in central Sweden. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vasiliy Grigorievich Fesenkov (January 13, 1889 – March 12, 1972) was a Soviet Russian astrophysicist. ... Camille Flammarion (February 26, 1842 – June 3, 1925) was a French astronomer. ... Honoré Flaugergues (May 16, 1755–November 26, 1835 or November 20, 1830) was a French astronomer. ... Flora is a town located in Madison County, Mississippi. ... Jean-Henri Focas (July 20, 1909 – January 3, 1969) was a Greco-French astronomer. ... Francesco Fontana (1585 or 1602 – 1656) was an Italian lawyer and astronomer. ... Georges Fournier (November 21, 1881 – December 1, 1954) was a French astronomer. ... Categories: Astronomy stubs | Craters on Mars ... The Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) program of the United States Navy might be considered the beginning of the final phase in the shift of mission for destroyers from a surface attack role to that of a submarine hunter. ... Freedom is a town located in Woods County, Oklahoma. ... Mercado dos Lavradores, Funchal 25 reis, 1892, used in 1894; an S. is visible for the town name. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location |Image:Madeira map2. ...

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Gagra is a city in the Abkhazia region of western Georgia, on the northeast coast of the Black Sea, at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. ... Galdakao is a town located in the province of Bizkaia, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, in the North of Spain. ... Capital Vitoria-Gasteiz Official languages Basque and Spanish Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 14th  7 234 km²  1,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 7th  2 108 281  5,0%  291,44/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Basque  â€“ Spanish  Basque  euskal herritar, euskaldun  vasco/a, vascongado/a GDP GDP/C... Walter Frederick Gale (November 27, 1865 – June 1, 1945) was an Australian banker. ... Gali is a town in Abkhazia, Georgia’s breakaway region 77 km southeast to Sokhumi and bordering with the rest of Georgia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Galileo Galilei (Pisa, February 15, 1564 – Arcetri, January 8, 1642), was an astronomer, philosopher, and physicist who is closely associated with the scientific revolution. ... Johann Gottfried Galle (June 9, 1812 – July 10, 1910) was a German astronomer at the Berlin Observatory who, with help from Urbain Le Verrier, sighted Neptune on September 23, 1846. ... Gander is a town in northeastern Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. ... Garm is a district in the Rasht Valley area of central Tajikistan. ... Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918) was an American geologist. ... Sir David Gill (June 12, 1843 – January 24, 1914) was a Scottish astronomer who spent much of his career in South Africa. ... Joseph Gledhill (November 17, 1837 – March 20, 1906) was a British astronomer. ... Glide is a census-designated place located in Douglas County, Oregon. ... Globe is a city located in Gila County, Arizona. ... Goba is a town in the Somali Region of Ethiopia, located in the south-central part of that country. ... Pope Benedict XVI (Latin: ; born April 16, 1927 as Joseph Alois Ratzinger in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria, Germany) is the 265th reigning pope, the head of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City. ... Gol Transportes Aéreos is a low-cost airline based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. ... Golden is a village located in Adams County, Illinois. ... The Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex (GDSCC) —commonly called the Goldstone Observatory— is located in Californias Mojave Desert (USA). ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Senators Dianne Feinstein (D) Barbara Boxer (D) Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... Gori is an industrial city in the Kartli province of Georgia. ... Kasimir Graff (February 7, 1878 – February 15, 1950) was a German astronomer. ... Nathaniel Everett Green (August 21, 1823 – November 10, 1899) was a British painter, art teacher and astronomer. ... Grójec is a town in Poland. ... Groves is a city located in Jefferson County, Texas. ... Guaymas is a port city in Sonora, Mexico. ... Jump to: navigation, search A gulch is a deep V-shaped valley formed by erosion. ... Gunnison may refer to: Gunnison, Colorado Gunnison River Gunnison, Utah Gunnison, Mississippi Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... State nickname: The Centennial State Other U.S. States Capital Denver Largest city Denver Governor Bill Owens (R) Senators Wayne Allard (R) Ken Salazar (D) Official languages English Area 269,837 km² (8th)  - Land 268,879 km²  - Water 962 km² (0. ... Gusev crater, with Maadim Vallis snaking into it Gusev Crater is a crater on the planet Mars and is located at 175. ... Matvei Matveevich Gusev (Матвей Матвеевич Гусев) (1826 (Vyatka, Russia) – 1866 (Berlin, Germany)) was a Russian astronomer who worked at Pulkovo Observatory near St. ...

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George Hadley (1685-1768) was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the Trade Winds were sustained. ... J.B.S. Haldane with his second wife Helen Spurway John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (November 5, 1892 – December 1, 1964), who normally used J.B.S. as a first name, was a British geneticist and evolutionary biologist. ... George Ellery Hale (June 29, 1868 – February 21, 1938) was an American astronomer. ... Edmond Halley. ... Ham is a commune of the Somme département in France. ... Hamelin (German: Hameln) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Carl Ernst Albrecht Hartwig (January 14, 1851 – May 3, 1923) was German astronomer. ... Oliver Heaviside (May 18, 1850 – February 3, 1925) was a self-taught English engineer, mathematician and physicist who adapted complex numbers to the study of electrical circuits, developed techniques for applying Laplace transforms to the solution of differential equations, reformulated Maxwells field equations in terms of electric and magnetic... Jump to: navigation, search Heinlein autographing at the 1976 Worldcon Robert Anson Heinlein (July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was one of the most influential and controversial authors in science fiction. ... Hermann von Helmholtz Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz (August 31, 1821 – September 8, 1894) was a German physician and physicist. ... Paul-Pierre Henry (Paul Henry) (August 21, 1848 – January 4, 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (December 10, 1849 – July 25, 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. ... Paul-Pierre Henry (Paul Henry) (August 21, 1848 – January 4, 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (December 10, 1849 – July 25, 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. ... Herculaneum (modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town of the Italian region of Campania. ... For other craters in the solar system named Herschel, see Herschel (crater). ... Jump to: navigation, search Sir Wilhelm Friedrich Herschel, FRS (Hanover, November 15, 1738 – August 25, 1822 Slough, then in Buckinghamshire now in Berkshire) was a German-born British astronomer and composer who became famous for discovering the planet Uranus, and made many other astronomical discoveries. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hipparchus (Greek Ἳππαρχος) (ca. ... The term hit can refer to any of the following: in marketing, a success involving (sudden) popularity of and demand for a particular item, such as a song that reaches the hit parade in archery and in target shooting, striking the exact desired spot, commonly the center of a target... Holden crater, imaged by Mars Express; Uzboi Vallis enters the crater from bottom right Holden is a 140km wide crater on Mars, located with the southern highlands. ... Edward Singleton Holden (November 5, 1846 – March 16, 1914) was an American astronomer. ... Arthur Holmes (January 14, 1890 – September 20, 1965) was a British geologist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 - March 3, 1703), one of the greatest experimental scientists of the seventeenth century, played an important role in the scientific revolution. ... Hope, British Columbia is a community in the province of British Columbia, in Canada, of approximately about 7,000 people located on the banks of the Fraser River and the Coquihalla Rivers, about 200 km Northeast of Vancouver. ... Houston redirects here. ... ... Huancayo is the capital of the Junín Region, Peru. ... William Huggins Sir William Huggins, OM , FRS (February 7, 1824 – May 12, 1910) was a British astronomer. ... William Joseph Hussey (August 10, 1862 – October 28, 1926) was an American astronomer. ... James Hutton, painted by Abner Lowe. ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... Christiaan Huygens Christiaan Huygens (pronounced in English (IPA): ; in Dutch: ) (April 14, 1629–July 8, 1695), was a Dutch mathematician and physicist; born in The Hague as the son of Constantijn Huygens. ...

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