[crater] Banting is a small, bowl-shaped lunar impact crater located near the middle of the Mare Serenitatis. Originally named Linné E, in 1973 the crater was renamed for Sir Frederick Banting in honour of his outstanding medical contributions – the most famous being his discovery of insulin. Linné itself, named after the 18th-century S... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banting_(crater)