von Baeyer (Moon)

Named after Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Baeyer - German chemist, Nobel Prize winner 1905 (1835-1917).

Von Baeyer is a lunar impact crater located on the lunar near side near the southern pole. The crater is located directly adjacent to Svedberg crater and Northeast and South of prominent craters Scott and Demonax, respectively. (wikipedia entry)

A crater is a circular depression likely created by an impact event. On the Moon they are named after deceased scientists, polar explorers, astronauts or cosmonauts.