Exciting Naming Developments for Craters on the Moon: Stose Crater

Unnamed lunar craters are being named after notable women and minority scientists in an effort to recognize the crucial importance of both women and underrepresented groups to the fields of scientific exploration.

While mapping potential Artemis landing sites in the lunar south polar region, the SSERVI Center for Lunar Science and Exploration (CLSE) team encountered several unnamed craters and quickly realized that additional crater names were needed to facilitate the discussion of plans to explore the region.

Stose Crater: Named after Anna Jonas Stose, who was a pioneering geologist who studied in Philadelphia and elsewhere. Read about her on this PDF

Read all about this NASA initiative HERE.