Birkhoff

Crater, craters · 329.8 km across · 58.45°, -145.65° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約329.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

George David; American mathematician (1884-1944).

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 · 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。

Birkhoff K58.2 km

Birkhoff L35.2 km

Birkhoff M25.3 km

Birkhoff Q45.4 km

Birkhoff R25.7 km

Birkhoff X76.6 km

Birkhoff Y25.4 km

Birkhoff Z28.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Stebbins クレーター184 km

Carnot クレーター194 km

van't Hoff クレーター220 km

Paraskevopoulos クレーター267 km

Rowland クレーター275 km

Sommerfeld クレーター298 km

Kirkwood クレーター334 km

Kramers クレーター338 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