Alexander

Crater, craters · 94.8 km across · 40.25°, 13.69° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約94.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Alexander the Great, of Macedon; Greek geographer (356-323 B.C.).

Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Greek

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 · 4

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。

Alexander A4 km

Alexander B3.9 km

Alexander C4.2 km

Alexander K4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Lamèch クレーター78 km

Calippus クレーター80 km

Rima Calippus 谷（リマ）101 km

Montes Caucasus 山121 km

Eudoxus クレーター135 km

Theaetetus クレーター206 km

Cassini クレーター209 km

Rimae Daniell 谷（リマ）264 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.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA