Alter

Crater, craters · 64.7 km across · 18.74°, -107.8° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約64.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Dinsmore; American astronomer, meteorologist (1888-1968).

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 · 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。

Alter K21.6 km

Alter W51.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Robertson クレーター117 km

Ohm クレーター172 km

Helberg クレーター192 km

Pease クレーター194 km

Butlerov クレーター205 km

Berkner クレーター207 km

Comrie クレーター207 km

Parenago クレーター219 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