KUON GEO

Birkeland

Crater, craters · 81.6 km across · -30.17°, 174.01° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約81.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Olaf Kristian; Norwegian physicist (1867-1917).
Source of the name: Norway (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Norway

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 · 1

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。
Birkeland M24.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Van de Graaff クレーター109 km
Nassau クレーター183 km
Leeuwenhoek クレーター189 km
Zelinskiy クレーター194 km
Thomson クレーター217 km
Mare Ingenii 海254 km
Leibnitz クレーター279 km
Orlov クレーター321 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