Arago

Crater, craters · 25.5 km across · 6.15°, 21.43° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約25.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Dominique Francois Jean; French astronomer (1786-1853).

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

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。

Arago B6.9 km

Arago C3 km

Arago D4 km

Arago E6.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Manners クレーター65 km

Lamont クレーター65 km

Rimae Sosigenes 谷（リマ）100 km

Rimae Ritter 谷（リマ）132 km

Ariadaeus クレーター134 km

Maclear クレーター138 km

Sosigenes クレーター139 km

Ritter クレーター144 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