Alphonsus

Crater, craters · 110.5 km across · -13.39°, -2.85° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約110.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Alfonso X (El Sabio); Spanish astronomer (1221-1284).

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

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 · 12

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。

Alphonsus A3.6 km

Alphonsus B22.9 km

Alphonsus C3.4 km

Alphonsus D23.7 km

Alphonsus G3.5 km

Alphonsus H7 km

Alphonsus J7.9 km

Alphonsus K20.6 km

Alphonsus L3.8 km

Alphonsus R3 km

Alphonsus X4.7 km

Alphonsus Y2.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Alphonsus 谷（リマ）27 km

Chang-Ngo クレーター29 km

Ravi クレーター37 km

Soraya クレーター39 km

José クレーター41 km

Monira クレーター42 km

Alpetragius クレーター94 km

Harold クレーター122 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