Brown

Crater, craters · 34 km across · -46.53°, -17.99° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約34km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Ernest William; British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1938).

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 · 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。

Brown A15.8 km

Brown B11.7 km

Brown C12.3 km

Brown D19.5 km

Brown E23.2 km

Brown F5.5 km

Brown G4.7 km

Brown K14.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Montanari クレーター62 km

Lagalla クレーター112 km

Wilhelm クレーター119 km

Longomontanus クレーター121 km

Street クレーター151 km

Tycho クレーター175 km

Heinsius クレーター214 km

Pictet クレーター242 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