Cauchy

Crater, craters · 11.8 km across · 9.56°, 38.63° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約11.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Augustin Louis; French mathematician (1789-1857).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 10

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。

Cauchy A8.1 km

Cauchy B4.6 km

Cauchy C3.6 km

Cauchy D8.6 km

Cauchy E3.4 km

Cauchy F3.4 km

Cauchy M3.4 km

Cauchy U4.9 km

Cauchy V4.4 km

Cauchy W3.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rima Cauchy 谷（リマ）31 km

Rupes Cauchy 崖47 km

Donna クレーター72 km

Sinus Concordiae 入り江122 km

Zähringer クレーター132 km

Lyell クレーター136 km

Aryabhata クレーター146 km

Lucian クレーター155 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