awarded him the Columbia Medal. The inner main-belt asteroid 7560 Spudis is named in honor of Paul Spudis. A crater on the moon called Spudis is also named after him. This crater is next to the famous Shackleton crater on the south polar region of the Moon, which has been an area of particular interest for future lunar landing missions. References Bibliography Complete bibliography at Books , Papers External links 1952 births 2018 deaths American geologists Planetary scientists Arizona State University alumni Space advocates Brown University alumni People from Bowling Green, Kentucky