Cavendish

Crater, craters · 52.6 km across · -24.63°, -53.78° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約52.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Henry; British chemist, physicist (1731-1810).

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 · 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。

Cavendish A10.7 km

Cavendish B10.3 km

Cavendish E23.5 km

Cavendish F17.8 km

Cavendish L5.7 km

Cavendish M5.9 km

Cavendish N4.3 km

Cavendish P4.5 km

Cavendish S5 km

Cavendish T4.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

de Gasparis クレーター89 km

Henry クレーター91 km

Rimae de Gasparis 谷（リマ）96 km

Henry Frères クレーター149 km

Liebig クレーター151 km

Mersenius クレーター156 km

Vieta クレーター160 km

Fourier クレーター173 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