Beals (Moon)

Named after Carlyle Smith Beals - Canadian astronomer (1899-1979).

Beals is a lunar impact crater that is located near the eastern limb , and lies across the southwestern rim of the crater Riemann. From the Earth the crater is viewed nearly from on edge, and is best seen during favorable librations. To the west is the large walled plain Gauss. This crater formation is only lightly worn, with no significant impacts within its perimeter. (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.