Anaximander

Crater, craters · 68.7 km across · 66.97°, -51.44° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約68.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek astronomer (c. 611-547 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 · 8

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。

Anaximander A15.2 km

Anaximander B79.1 km

Anaximander D96.6 km

Anaximander H9 km

Anaximander R8.1 km

Anaximander S7.2 km

Anaximander T7 km

Anaximander U7.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Carpenter クレーター77 km

Pythagoras クレーター176 km

Anaximenes クレーター180 km

J. Herschel クレーター188 km

Babbage クレーター239 km

Philolaus クレーター251 km

Robinson クレーター251 km

Desargues クレーター261 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