Thirty-five craters on the moon are named for Jesuit scientists and mathematicians.

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This is a cute fact about the moon. It was named after an ancient Greek word for "moon," and it is made of rock, so it does get craters. These craters are named for the scientists and mathematicians who worked on the Apollo space program. For example, there's a crater on the moon called "Apollo 11," which is named for the first manned mission to the moon.

There were six Americans and one Soviet on that mission: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr., Ronald Evans and David Scott. When you look at pictures of the moon from space, you can see all these craters. You can't see them when you're there on the moon because there's no air and no wind to blow them away; they stay there permanently.

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