in honour of his achievements in astronomy, an impact crater on the far side of the moon was given the name milankovic at the 14th iau general assembly in 1970. his name is also given to a crater on mars at the 15th iau general assembly in 1973. since 1993 the milutin milankovic medal has been awarded by the european geophysical society (called the egu since 2003) for contributions in the