KUON GEO

Alhazen

Crater, craters · 34.7 km across · 15.91°, 71.83° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約34.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Abū Ali Al-Hasan Ibn Al Haitham; Iraqi mathematician (987-1038).
Source of the name: Iraq (Asia) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Iraq

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 · 2

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。
Alhazen A16.1 km
Alhazen D34.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Hansen クレーター60 km
Condorcet クレーター133 km
Promontorium Agarum 岬189 km
Sabatier クレーター226 km
Mare Anguis 海232 km
Wildt クレーター240 km
Dorsa Harker 尾根248 km
Dorsa Tetyaev 尾根256 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