What was the nationality of the namesake of the Foucault crater?
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Foucault (crater) Foucault is a small lunar impact crater that lies along the southern edge of Mare Frigoris, to the southeast of the crater Harpalus. In the rugged terrain to the south of Foucault is Sharp. The outer perimeter of Foucault forms a somewhat irregular circle, with slight outward bulges to the south and northeast. The inner wall of the rim is not notably terraced, and slopes down directly to the uneven floor. It is named after physicist Léon Foucault, most famous for the Foucault pendulum.
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Léon Foucault Jean Bernard Léon Foucault (] ; 18 September 1819 – 11 February 1868) was a French physicist best known for his demonstration of the Foucault pendulum, a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light, discovered eddy currents, and is credited with naming the gyroscope.
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Willy Ley Willy Otto Oskar Ley (October 2, 1906 – June 24, 1969) was a German-American science writer, spaceflight advocate, and historian of science who helped to popularize rocketry, spaceflight, and natural history in both Germany and the United States. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor.
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Firdousi (crater) Firdousi is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 98 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 2010. Firdousi is named for the Iranian poet Hakim Ferdowsi, who lived from 940 to 1020.
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Henry F. French Henry Flagg French (August 14, 1813 – November 20, 1885) was an agriculturist, inventor, lawyer, judge, postmaster, assistant district attorney, and assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury.
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Chekov (crater) Chekov is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 199 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Chekov is named for the Russian author Anton Chekhov, who lived from 1860 to 1904.
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Focas (Martian crater) Focas Crater is an impact crater in the Ismenius Lacus quadrangle of Mars. It is located at 33.9° N and 347.3° W and its name was approved in 1973. Focas Crater is 76.5 km in diameter. It was named after Jean Focas. Pictures reveal many small channels along its rim; some are visible in pictures below from CTX.
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Gauguin (crater) Gauguin is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 72 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Gauguin is named for the French painter Paul Gauguin, who lived from 1848 to 1903.
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Quenisset (crater) Quenisset is an impact crater on Mars, located in the Ismenius Lacus quadrangle at 34.6° N and 319.4° W. It measures 138 kilometer in diameter. Adopted by IAU's Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature in 1973, the crater was named after French astronomer Ferdinand Quénisset.
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Jean-Baptiste Biot Jean-Baptiste Biot (] ; 21 April 1774 – 3 February 1862) was a French physicist, astronomer, and mathematician who established the reality of meteorites, made an early balloon flight, and studied the polarization of light. The mineral biotite was named in his honor.
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South (Martian crater) South is an impact crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 77.1°S latitude and 338.0°W longitude. It measures 101.84 kilometers in diameter and was named after British astronomer Sir James South (1785–1867). The name was approved in 1973, by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System Nomenclature.
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Handel (crater) Handel is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 166 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Handel is named for the British-German composer George Frideric Handel, who lived from 1685 to 1759.
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Jules Marcou Jules Marcou (April 20, 1824 – April 17, 1898) was a French, Swiss and American geologist.
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Mansur (crater) Mansur is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 100 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Mansur is named for the Indian artist Ustad Mansur, who lived in the 17th century CE.
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Aksakov (crater) Aksakov is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 174 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union on April 24, 2012. Aksakov is named for the Russian author Sergey Aksakov, who lived from 1791-1859 C.E.
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Hermann Joseph Klein Hermann Joseph Klein (September 14, 1844 – July 1, 1914) was a German astronomer, author and professor. Born in Cologne, Germany on September 14, 1844, he attained his doctorate from the University of Cologne in 1874, and taught at the school. He was a member of the Selenographic Society and the crater Klein on the Moon is now named after him.
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Lyell (lunar crater) Lyell is a lunar crater that lies along the eastern edge of the Mare Tranquillitatis, at the northern arm of the bay designated Sinus Concordiae and is named after Charles Lyell. To the north along the edge of the lunar mare is the crater Franz, to the east is the smaller crater of Crile, the southeast is da Vinci, the south-southwest is the smaller Cauchy and west-northwest is Lucian. The region of terrain to the east of Lyell is named Palus Somni.
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Lysippus (crater) Lysippus is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 140 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Lysippus is named for the Greek sculptor Lysippos, who lived in the 4th century BCE.
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Brontë (Mercurian crater) Brontë is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 60 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Bronte is named for English writers Charlotte Brontë, who lived from 1816 to 1855, Emily Brontë, who lived from 1818 to 1848, and Anne Brontë, who lived from 1820 to 1849, and English writer and artist Branwell Brontë, who lived from 1817 to 1848.
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Florey (crater) Florey is a lunar impact crater on the lunar near side near the northern pole. Florey is directly adjacent to Byrd crater (diameter of 94 km) to the Southeast and Peary crater (diameter of 73 km) to the North. The crater is named after Australian scientist Howard Florey. The crater was named by the IAU in 2009.
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Édouard René de Laboulaye Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye (] ) (18 January 1811 – 25 May 1883) was a French jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist. In 1865 he originated the idea of a monument presented by the French people to the United States that resulted in the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. He got the idea thinking that this would help strengthen their relationship with the United States.
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Bello (crater) Bello is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 129 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1976. Bello is named for the Venezuelan poet Andrés Bello, who lived from 1781 to 1865.