Crater | Coordinates | Diameter (km) | Approval Year | Eponym | Ref |
Palisa | 9°28′S 7°11′W / 9.47°S 7.19°W / -9.47; -7.19 (Palisa) | 33.47 | 1935 | Johann Palisa (1848–1925) | WGPSN |
Palitzsch | 28°01′S 64°23′E / 28.02°S 64.39°E / -28.02; 64.39 (Palitzsch) | 41.87 | 1935 | Johann Georg Palitzsch (1723–1788) | WGPSN |
Pallas | 5°29′N 1°39′W / 5.48°N 1.65°W / 5.48; -1.65 (Pallas) | 49.51 | 1935 | Peter Simon Pallas (1741–1811) | WGPSN |
Palmieri | 28°38′S 47°48′W / 28.64°S 47.8°W / -28.64; -47.8 (Palmieri) | 39.84 | 1935 | Luigi Palmieri (1807–1896) | WGPSN |
Paneth | 62°36′N 94°38′W / 62.6°N 94.63°W / 62.6; -94.63 (Paneth) | 60.92 | 1970 | Friedrich Adolf Paneth (1887–1958) | WGPSN |
Pannekoek | 4°12′S 140°41′E / 4.2°S 140.69°E / -4.2; 140.69 (Pannekoek) | 67.5 | 1970 | Anton Pannekoek (1873–1960) | WGPSN |
Papaleksi | 10°09′N 163°57′E / 10.15°N 163.95°E / 10.15; 163.95 (Papaleksi) | 92.03 | 1970 | Nikolaj Dmitrievich Papaleksi (1880–1947) | WGPSN |
Paracelsus | 22°55′S 163°26′E / 22.92°S 163.44°E / -22.92; 163.44 (Paracelsus) | 85.88 | 1970 | Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim (1493–1541) | WGPSN |
Paraskevopoulos | 50°05′N 150°20′W / 50.09°N 150.34°W / 50.09; -150.34 (Paraskevopoulos) | 98.87 | 1970 | John Stefanos Paraskevopoulos (1889–1951) | WGPSN |
Parenago | 25°53′N 108°55′W / 25.88°N 108.91°W / 25.88; -108.91 (Parenago) | 94.57 | 1970 | Pavel Petrovich Parenago (1906–1960) | WGPSN |
Parkhurst | 33°17′S 103°41′E / 33.29°S 103.69°E / -33.29; 103.69 (Parkhurst) | 93.08 | 1970 | John Adelbert Parkhurst (1861–1925) | WGPSN |
Parrot | 14°34′S 3°17′E / 14.57°S 3.29°E / -14.57; 3.29 (Parrot) | 70.66 | 1935 | Johann Jacob Friedrich Wilhelm Parrot (1792–1840) | WGPSN |
Parry | 7°53′S 15°47′W / 7.88°S 15.78°W / -7.88; -15.78 (Parry) | 47.28 | 1935 | William Edward Parry (1790–1855) | WGPSN |
Parsons | 37°15′N 171°10′W / 37.25°N 171.16°W / 37.25; -171.16 (Parsons) | 41.12 | 1970 | John Whiteside Parsons (1914–1952) | WGPSN |
Pascal | 74°22′N 70°38′W / 74.36°N 70.63°W / 74.36; -70.63 (Pascal) | 108.2 | 1964 | Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) | WGPSN |
Paschen | 14°04′S 140°32′W / 14.06°S 140.53°W / -14.06; -140.53 (Paschen) | 127.36 | 1970 | Friedrich Paschen (1865–1940) | WGPSN |
Pasteur | 11°35′S 104°55′E / 11.58°S 104.91°E / -11.58; 104.91 (Pasteur) | 232.77 | 1961 | Louis Pasteur (1822–1895) | WGPSN |
Patricia | 24°55′N 0°30′E / 24.91°N 0.5°E / 24.91; 0.5 (Patricia) | 10.08 | 1976 | (English female name) | WGPSN |
Patsaev | 16°46′S 133°36′E / 16.77°S 133.6°E / -16.77; 133.6 (Patsaev) | 55.25 | 1973 | Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev (1933–1971) | WGPSN |
Pauli | 44°46′S 137°21′E / 44.76°S 137.35°E / -44.76; 137.35 (Pauli) | 95.28 | 1970 | Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) | WGPSN |
Pavlov | 28°17′S 142°24′E / 28.28°S 142.4°E / -28.28; 142.4 (Pavlov) | 143.05 | 1970 | Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849–1936) | WGPSN |
Pawsey | 44°14′N 145°17′E / 44.24°N 145.29°E / 44.24; 145.29 (Pawsey) | 59.98 | 1970 | Joseph Lade Pawsey (1908–1962) | WGPSN |
Peary | 88°38′N 24°24′E / 88.63°N 24.4°E / 88.63; 24.4 (Peary) | 78.75 | 1964 | Robert Edwin Peary (1856–1920) | WGPSN |
Pease | 12°31′N 106°18′W / 12.51°N 106.3°W / 12.51; -106.3 (Pease) | 40.84 | 1970 | Francis G. Pease (1881–1938) | WGPSN |
Peek | 2°46′N 86°58′E / 2.76°N 86.96°E / 2.76; 86.96 (Peek) | 12.55 | 1973 | Bertrand Meigh Peek (1891–1965) | WGPSN |
Peirce | 18°16′N 53°21′E / 18.26°N 53.35°E / 18.26; 53.35 (Peirce) | 18.86 | 1935 | Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880) | WGPSN |
Peirescius | 46°24′S 67°48′E / 46.4°S 67.8°E / -46.4; 67.8 (Peirescius) | 61.53 | 1935 | Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc (1580–1637) | WGPSN |
Pentland | 64°34′S 11°20′E / 64.57°S 11.34°E / -64.57; 11.34 (Pentland) | 56.45 | 1935 | Joseph Barclay Pentland (1797–1873) | WGPSN |
Perelʹman | 24°03′S 106°01′E / 24.05°S 106.01°E / -24.05; 106.01 (Perelʹman) | 48.87 | 1970 | Yakov I. Perelman (1882–1942) | WGPSN |
Perepelkin | 9°59′S 128°48′E / 9.99°S 128.8°E / -9.99; 128.8 (Perepelkin) | 88.74 | 1970 | Yevgeny Perepyolkin (1906–1938) | WGPSN |
Perkin | 47°01′N 175°44′W / 47.02°N 175.73°W / 47.02; -175.73 (Perkin) | 62.48 | 1970 | Richard Scott Perkin (1906–1969) | WGPSN |
Perrine | 42°07′N 127°57′W / 42.11°N 127.95°W / 42.11; -127.95 (Perrine) | 87.41 | 1970 | Charles Dillon Perrine (1867–1951) | WGPSN |
Petavius | 25°23′S 60°47′E / 25.39°S 60.78°E / -25.39; 60.78 (Petavius) | 184.06 | 1935 | Denis Petau (1583–1652) | WGPSN |
Petermann | 74°21′N 67°53′E / 74.35°N 67.89°E / 74.35; 67.89 (Petermann) | 76.95 | 1935 | August Heinrich Petermann (1822–1878) | WGPSN |
Peters | 68°04′N 29°23′E / 68.07°N 29.39°E / 68.07; 29.39 (Peters) | 14.67 | 1935 | Christian August Friedrich Peters (1806–1880) | WGPSN |
Petit | 2°19′N 63°28′E / 2.32°N 63.46°E / 2.32; 63.46 (Petit) | 5.04 | 1976 | Alexis Therese Petit (1771–1820) | WGPSN |
Petrie | 45°08′N 108°28′E / 45.14°N 108.47°E / 45.14; 108.47 (Petrie) | 32.86 | 1970 | Robert Methven Petrie (1906–1966) | WGPSN |
Petropavlovskiy | 36°55′N 115°17′W / 36.92°N 115.28°W / 36.92; -115.28 (Petropavlovskiy) | 64.07 | 1970 | Boris Sergeevich Petropavlovskiy [es] (1898–1933) | WGPSN |
Petrov | 61°22′S 88°11′E / 61.36°S 88.18°E / -61.36; 88.18 (Petrov) | 55.44 | 1970 | Evgenij S. Petrov [es] (1900–1942) | WGPSN |
Pettit | 27°31′S 86°45′W / 27.52°S 86.75°W / -27.52; -86.75 (Pettit) | 36.67 | 1970 | Edison Pettit (1889–1962) | WGPSN |
Petzval | 62°44′S 110°50′W / 62.73°S 110.83°W / -62.73; -110.83 (Petzval) | 93.47 | 1970 | Joseph von Petzval (1807–1891) | WGPSN |
Phillips | 26°34′S 75°40′E / 26.57°S 75.67°E / -26.57; 75.67 (Phillips) | 104.21 | 1935 | John Phillips (1800–1874) | WGPSN |
Philolaus | 72°13′N 32°53′W / 72.22°N 32.88°W / 72.22; -32.88 (Philolaus) | 71.44 | 1935 | Philolaus of Croton (flourished 400 BC) | WGPSN |
Phocylides | 52°47′S 57°19′W / 52.79°S 57.31°W / -52.79; -57.31 (Phocylides) | 115.18 | 1935 | Johannes Phocylides Holwarda (Jan Fokker) (1618–1651) | WGPSN |
Piazzi | 36°10′S 68°01′W / 36.16°S 68.01°W / -36.16; -68.01 (Piazzi) | 102.57 | 1935 | Giuseppe Piazzi (1746–1826) | WGPSN |
Piazzi Smyth | 41°55′N 3°14′W / 41.91°N 3.24°W / 41.91; -3.24 (Piazzi Smyth) | 12.96 | 1935 | Charles Piazzi Smyth (1819–1900) | WGPSN |
Picard | 14°34′N 54°43′E / 14.57°N 54.72°E / 14.57; 54.72 (Picard) | 22.35 | 1935 | Jean-Felix Picard (1620–1682) | WGPSN |
Piccolomini | 29°42′S 32°12′E / 29.7°S 32.2°E / -29.7; 32.2 (Piccolomini) | 87.58 | 1935 | Alessandro Piccolomini (1508–1578) | WGPSN |
Pickering | 2°53′S 6°59′E / 2.88°S 6.99°E / -2.88; 6.99 (Pickering) | 15.4 | 1935 | Edward Charles Pickering (1846–1919) and William Henry Pickering (1858–1938) | WGPSN |
Pictet | 43°34′S 7°29′W / 43.56°S 7.49°W / -43.56; -7.49 (Pictet) | 59.95 | 1935 | Marc-Auguste Pictet-Turretin (1752–1825) | WGPSN |
Pierazzo | 3°18′N 100°14′W / 3.3°N 100.24°W / 3.3; -100.24 (Pierazzo) | 9.29 | 2015 | Elisabetta Pierazzo (1963–2011) | WGPSN |
Pikelʹner | 48°22′S 124°15′E / 48.37°S 124.25°E / -48.37; 124.25 (Pikelʹner) | 40.96 | 1979 | Solomon Borisovich Pikelner (1921–1975) | WGPSN |
Pilâtre | 60°10′S 86°42′W / 60.17°S 86.7°W / -60.17; -86.7 (Pilâtre) | 64.37 | 1991 | Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1756–1785) | WGPSN |
Pingré | 58°38′S 73°57′W / 58.64°S 73.95°W / -58.64; -73.95 (Pingré) | 88.43 | 1961 | Alexandre Guy Pingré (1711–1796) | WGPSN |
Pirquet | 20°20′S 139°56′E / 20.34°S 139.93°E / -20.34; 139.93 (Pirquet) | 62.14 | 1970 | Baron Guido von Pirquet (1880–1966) | WGPSN |
Pitatus | 29°53′S 13°32′W / 29.88°S 13.53°W / -29.88; -13.53 (Pitatus) | 100.63 | 1935 | Pietro Pitati (flourished c. 1500) | WGPSN |
Pitiscus | 50°37′S 30°34′E / 50.61°S 30.57°E / -50.61; 30.57 (Pitiscus) | 79.85 | 1935 | Bartholemaeus Pitiscus (1561–1613) | WGPSN |
Pizzetti | 35°04′S 119°17′E / 35.06°S 119.29°E / -35.06; 119.29 (Pizzetti) | 53.47 | 1970 | Paolo Pizzetti (1860–1918) | WGPSN |
Plana | 42°15′N 28°13′E / 42.25°N 28.22°E / 42.25; 28.22 (Plana) | 42.97 | 1935 | Baron Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana (1781–1864) | WGPSN |
Planck | 57°16′S 135°20′E / 57.27°S 135.34°E / -57.27; 135.34 (Planck) | 319.46 | 1970 | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (1858–1947) | WGPSN |
Planté | 10°13′S 163°16′E / 10.22°S 163.26°E / -10.22; 163.26 (Planté) | 36.8 | 1979 | Gaston Planté (1834–1889) | WGPSN |
Plaskett | 81°38′N 176°43′E / 81.63°N 176.71°E / 81.63; 176.71 (Plaskett) | 114.34 | 1976 | John Stanley Plaskett (1865–1941) | WGPSN |
Plato | 51°37′N 9°23′W / 51.62°N 9.38°W / 51.62; -9.38 (Plato) | 100.68 | 1935 | Plato (c. 428–347 BC) | WGPSN |
Playfair | 23°34′S 8°27′E / 23.56°S 8.45°E / -23.56; 8.45 (Playfair) | 49.88 | 1935 | John Playfair (1748–1819) | WGPSN |
Plinius | 15°22′N 23°37′E / 15.36°N 23.61°E / 15.36; 23.61 (Plinius) | 41.31 | 1935 | Pliny the Elder (23–79) | WGPSN |
Plummer | 24°37′S 154°52′W / 24.62°S 154.86°W / -24.62; -154.86 (Plummer) | 75.7 | 1970 | Henry Crozier Keating Plummer (1875–1946) | WGPSN |
Plutarch | 24°11′N 79°03′E / 24.18°N 79.05°E / 24.18; 79.05 (Plutarch) | 69.59 | 1935 | Plutarch (c. 46–120) | WGPSN |
Poczobutt | 57°16′N 99°14′W / 57.27°N 99.23°W / 57.27; -99.23 (Poczobutt) | 212.36 | 1979 | Martin Odlanicky Poczobutt (1728–1810) | WGPSN |
Pogson | 42°23′S 111°07′E / 42.38°S 111.11°E / -42.38; 111.11 (Pogson) | 40.87 | 1970 | Norman Robert Pogson (1829–1891) | WGPSN |
Poincaré | 56°52′S 163°59′E / 56.86°S 163.99°E / -56.86; 163.99 (Poincaré) | 345.99 | 1970 | Jules Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) | WGPSN |
Poinsot | 78°54′N 146°13′W / 78.9°N 146.21°W / 78.9; -146.21 (Poinsot) | 65.11 | 1970 | Louis Poinsot (1777–1859) | WGPSN |
Poisson | 30°20′S 10°34′E / 30.34°S 10.56°E / -30.34; 10.56 (Poisson) | 41.4 | 1935 | Siméon Denis Poisson (1781–1840) | WGPSN |
Polybius | 22°28′S 25°38′E / 22.46°S 25.63°E / -22.46; 25.63 (Polybius) | 40.81 | 1935 | Polybius (c. 204–122 BC) | WGPSN |
Polzunov | 25°34′N 115°01′E / 25.57°N 115.01°E / 25.57; 115.01 (Polzunov) | 66.53 | 1970 | Ivan Ivanovich Polzunov (1728–1766) | WGPSN |
Pomortsev | 0°44′N 66°55′E / 0.74°N 66.91°E / 0.74; 66.91 (Pomortsev) | 25.51 | 1976 | Mikhail Mikhailovich Pomortsev (1851–1916) | WGPSN |
Poncelet | 75°55′N 54°34′W / 75.91°N 54.57°W / 75.91; -54.57 (Poncelet) | 67.57 | 1964 | Jean-Victor Poncelet (1788–1867) | WGPSN |
Pons | 25°26′S 21°33′E / 25.43°S 21.55°E / -25.43; 21.55 (Pons) | 39.7 | 1935 | Jean-Louis Pons (1761–1831) | WGPSN |
Pontanus | 28°25′S 14°22′E / 28.42°S 14.36°E / -28.42; 14.36 (Pontanus) | 55.66 | 1935 | Giovanni Gioviani Pontano (1427–1503) | WGPSN |
Pontécoulant | 58°47′S 66°04′E / 58.78°S 66.07°E / -58.78; 66.07 (Pontécoulant) | 91.4 | 1935 | Philippe Gustave Doulcet, Comte De Pontécoulant (1795–1874) | WGPSN |
Popov | 16°56′N 99°23′E / 16.93°N 99.38°E / 16.93; 99.38 (Popov) | 71.4 | 1961 | Aleksander Stepanovich Popov (1859–1905) and C. Popov (1880–1966) | WGPSN |
Porter | 56°09′S 10°11′W / 56.15°S 10.18°W / -56.15; -10.18 (Porter) | 51.46 | 1970 | Russell Williams Porter (1871–1949) | WGPSN |
Posidonius | 31°53′N 29°59′E / 31.88°N 29.99°E / 31.88; 29.99 (Posidonius) | 95.06 | 1935 | Posidonius (c. 135–51 BC) | WGPSN |
Poynting | 17°30′N 133°23′W / 17.5°N 133.38°W / 17.5; -133.38 (Poynting) | 127.55 | 1970 | John Henry Poynting (1852–1914) | WGPSN |
Prager | 3°59′S 130°47′E / 3.99°S 130.78°E / -3.99; 130.78 (Prager) | 53.9 | 1971 | Richard A. Prager (1884–1945) | WGPSN |
Prandtl | 59°37′S 141°32′E / 59.62°S 141.54°E / -59.62; 141.54 (Prandtl) | 87.53 | 1970 | Ludwig Prandtl (1875–1953) | WGPSN |
Priestley | 56°43′S 108°28′E / 56.71°S 108.47°E / -56.71; 108.47 (Priestley) | 54.88 | 1970 | Joseph Priestley (1733–1804) | WGPSN |
Prinz | 25°29′N 44°08′W / 25.49°N 44.14°W / 25.49; -44.14 (Prinz) | 46.13 | 1935 | Wilhelm Prinz [es] (1857–1910) | WGPSN |
Priscilla | 10°58′S 6°13′W / 10.96°S 6.21°W / -10.96; -6.21 (Priscilla) | 1.5 | 1976 | (Latin female name) | WGPSN |
Proclus | 16°05′N 46°53′E / 16.09°N 46.89°E / 16.09; 46.89 (Proclus) | 26.91 | 1935 | Proclus Diadochus (410–485) | WGPSN |
Proctor | 46°26′S 5°02′W / 46.43°S 5.04°W / -46.43; -5.04 (Proctor) | 47.64 | 1935 | Mary Proctor (1862–1957) | WGPSN |
Protagoras | 56°01′N 7°20′E / 56.02°N 7.34°E / 56.02; 7.34 (Protagoras) | 21.05 | 1935 | Protagoras (c. 481–411 BC) | WGPSN |
Ptolemaeus | 9°10′S 1°50′W / 9.16°S 1.84°W / -9.16; -1.84 (Ptolemaeus) | 153.67 | 1935 | Ptolemy (c. 87–150) | WGPSN |
Puiseux | 27°49′S 39°11′W / 27.82°S 39.19°W / -27.82; -39.19 (Puiseux) | 24.95 | 1935 | Pierre Puiseux (1855–1928) | WGPSN |
Pupin | 23°52′N 11°00′W / 23.87°N 11°W / 23.87; -11 (Pupin) | 2.17 | 1976 | Mihajlo Idvorski Pupin (1858–1935) | WGPSN |
Purbach | 25°31′S 2°02′W / 25.51°S 2.03°W / -25.51; -2.03 (Purbach) | 114.97 | 1935 | Georg Purbach (1423–1461) | WGPSN |
Purkyně | 1°32′S 94°52′E / 1.54°S 94.86°E / -1.54; 94.86 (Purkyně) | 50.29 | 1970 | Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869) | WGPSN |
Pythagoras | 63°41′N 62°59′W / 63.68°N 62.98°W / 63.68; -62.98 (Pythagoras) | 144.55 | 1935 | Pythagoras (flourished c. 532 BC) | WGPSN |
Pytheas | 20°34′N 20°35′W / 20.57°N 20.59°W / 20.57; -20.59 (Pytheas) | 18.81 | 1935 | Pytheas (born c. 308 BC) | WGPSN |