Carpenter

Crater, craters · 59.1 km across · 69.52°, -51.23° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約59.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

James; British astronomer (1840-1899); Edwin Francis; American astronomer (1898-1963).

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 · 5

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。

Carpenter T9.4 km

Carpenter U25.1 km

Carpenter V5.8 km

Carpenter W9.6 km

Carpenter Y7.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Anaximander クレーター77 km

Anaximenes クレーター109 km

Poncelet クレーター196 km

Philolaus クレーター199 km

Pythagoras クレーター226 km

Desargues クレーター231 km

Pascal クレーター232 km

J. Herschel クレーター247 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA