Calippus

Crater, craters · 34 km across · 38.92°, 10.72° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約34km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Calippus of Cyzicus; Greek astronomer (c. 370 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 · 7

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。

Calippus A15.7 km

Calippus B7.2 km

Calippus C37.7 km

Calippus D4 km

Calippus E4.8 km

Calippus F6.8 km

Calippus G3.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Montes Caucasus 山46 km

Rima Calippus 谷（リマ）74 km

Alexander クレーター80 km

Theaetetus クレーター126 km

Lamèch クレーター130 km

Cassini クレーター148 km

Eudoxus クレーター205 km

Rimae Theaetetus 谷（リマ）214 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