Moretus (Moerentorf) is a

Flemish Flemish may refer to: * Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium * Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium *Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium * Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialec ...

According to the Drukkunstmuseum Maastricht (nl), the surname ''Moretus'' is the latinized form of the Flemish surname ''Moerentorf'' (Hoogdruktechniek - Plantijn & Moretus: "Na zijn dood zou het bedrijf worden voortgezet door zijn schoonzoon Jan I Moretus (gelatiniseerde naam van Johannes (Jan) Moerentorf) (1543-1610)
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Jan Moretus Jan Moretus, also John Moerentorf or Joannes Moretus (2 May 1543 – 22 September 1610), was a Flemish printer who was an apprentice for Christophe Plantin, married his daughter, and later inherited the printing business on his father-in- ...

Theodorus Moretus Theodorus Moretus, also known as Theodor or Theodore Moretus (1602–1667) was a Flemish Jesuit priest who was also a mathematician, geometer, theologian and philosopher. He spent most of his working life in Prague and Wrocław, Breslau (now Wrocl ...

* Balthasar I Moretus

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Moretus (crater) Moretus is a lunar impact crater located in the heavily cratered highland region near the south pole of the Moon. South of Moretus, the crater Short is located, while to the north is Cysatus. To the northwest lies Gruemberger, and Curtius ...

- a crater in the southern hemisphere of the

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It Orbit of the Moon, orbits around Earth at Lunar distance, an average distance of (; about 30 times Earth diameter, Earth's diameter). The Moon rotation, rotates, with a rotation period (lunar ...

* Plantin-Moretus Museum

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