Cardanus

Crater, craters · 49.6 km across · 13.27°, -72.5° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約49.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Cardano, Girolamo; Italian mathematician (1501-1576).

Source of the name: Italy (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Italy

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。

Cardanus B13.2 km

Cardanus C13.7 km

Cardanus E6.4 km

Cardanus G7.6 km

Cardanus K7.9 km

Cardanus M8.9 km

Cardanus R21 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Catena Krafft クレーター列50 km

Rima Cardanus 谷（リマ）72 km

Krafft クレーター100 km

Olbers クレーター211 km

Glushko クレーター220 km

Eddington クレーター250 km

Seleucus クレーター291 km

Cavalerius クレーター299 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