KUON GEO

Briggs

Crater, craters · 36.8 km across · 26.45°, -69.19° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約36.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Henry; British mathematician (1561-1630).
Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Great Britain

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 · 3

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。
Briggs A25.1 km
Briggs B25 km
Briggs C5.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Lichtenberg クレーター168 km
Eddington クレーター169 km
Russell クレーター173 km
Seleucus クレーター177 km
Struve クレーター225 km
Golgi クレーター252 km
Zinner クレーター280 km
Schiaparelli クレーター300 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