Catenae on The Moon
20 named features carry the IAU descriptor Catena — a chain of craters on The Moon, out of 59 in the mapped Solar System.
Named
20
of 2,023 named places on The Moon — 1.0%
Largest
451 km
Catena Michelson GIRD
Median size
128 km
Across the 20 with a measured diameter
Named between
1976–1985
IAU approval dates
How catenae on The Moon get their names
The IAU assigns each feature class on each world a naming theme. Across the 20 catenae with a recorded origin, 12 categories appear, led by Germany.
Germany3Soviet2Roman2American2Great Britain2Russia2France2Syria1
All 20 catenae on The Moon
Every one has its own page, on the surface it sits on.
Catena Michelson GIRD451 kmCatena Kurchatov235 kmCatena Lucretius RNII232 kmCatena Sumner221 kmCatena Abulfeda210 kmCatena Leuschner GDL200 kmCatena Humboldt162 kmCatena Gregory148 kmCatena Sylvester139 kmCatena Artamonov131 kmCatena Mendeleev125 kmCatena Dziewulski80.7 kmCatena Taruntius69.2 kmCatena Krafft55.1 kmCatena Davy52.3 kmCatena Timocharis48.4 kmCatena Littrow10.3 kmCatena Pierre9.4 kmCatena Brigitte7.7 kmCatena Yuri4.5 km
Catenae elsewhere in the Solar System
The same descriptor is used on 6 other worlds, for 39 more features.