Aristarchus

Crater, craters · 40 km across · 23.73°, -47.49° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek astronomer (310-230 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 · 9

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。

Aristarchus B7 km

Aristarchus D4.7 km

Aristarchus F17.6 km

Aristarchus H4.4 km

Aristarchus N3.1 km

Aristarchus S3.8 km

Aristarchus T3.3 km

Aristarchus U3.5 km

Aristarchus Z7.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Väisälä クレーター67 km

Herodotus クレーター67 km

Rupes Toscanelli 崖98 km

Prinz クレーター107 km

Rimae Aristarchus 谷（リマ）115 km

Toscanelli クレーター128 km

Vera クレーター130 km

Vallis Schröteri 谷134 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