#eudoxus

Aristoteles crater is named after the famed Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 - 322 BC). Among his many accomplishments*, he proposed the idea that the planets revolve around the Earth embedded in perfect crystal spheres.

Eudoxus crater is named after the Greek astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus (c. 390 - 340 BC). Building upon Aristotle's perfect circular orbits, Eudoxus explained the apparent retrograde (i.e., backwards) motion of some planets in the sky by adding additional spheres to each planet's orbit. This was a first step in the right direction.

Crater Aristoteles is named after the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 BCE - 322 BCE) famous for his views about the geocentric universe and influencing European thought for millennia.

Crater Eudoxus is named after the ancient Greek astronomer Eudoxus of Cnidus (400 BCE - 350 BCE), the man who invented the idea of concentric spheres for planetary motion.

Crater Burg is named after Austrian astronomer Johann Tobias Bürg (1766 - 1835) who published accurate astronomical tables for the orbit of the Moon based on around 3,000 observations.

Crater Hercules is named after the Roman hero Hercules, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmene.

Crater Atlas is named after the Greek god Atlas, condemned to hold up the heavens for eternity as punishment for his role in the Titanomachy.