Adams

Crater, craters · 63.3 km across · -31.89°, 68.39° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約63.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

John Couch; British astronomer (1819-1892); Charles Hitchcock; American astronomer (1868-1951); Walter Sydney; American astronomer (1876-1956).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after American

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 5

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Adams B31.3 km

Adams C11.1 km

Adams D46.3 km

Adams M25.2 km

Adams P25.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Rimae Hase 谷（リマ）87 km

Legendre クレーター100 km

Palitzsch クレーター157 km

Hase クレーター167 km

Vallis Palitzsch 谷200 km

Rima Furnerius 谷（リマ）210 km

Furnerius クレーター233 km

Phillips クレーター251 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA