Cassegrain

Crater, craters · 56.7 km across · -51.95°, 113.3° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約56.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Laurent; French astronomer, doctor (1629-1693).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after France

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。

Cassegrain B27 km

Cassegrain H29.8 km

Cassegrain K16.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

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Kugler クレーター175 km

Lebedev クレーター189 km

Pikel'ner クレーター238 km

Anuchin クレーター243 km

Hildegard クレーター270 km

Vallis Planck 谷277 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