Chappell

Crater, craters · 73.9 km across · 54.53°, -176.77° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約73.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

James Frederick; American astronomer (1891-1964).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after American

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 · 2

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。

Chappell E59.2 km

Chappell T28.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Tsinger (Zinger) クレーター143 km

Cooper クレーター143 km

Debye クレーター155 km

Perkin クレーター229 km

Emden クレーター250 km

Rowland クレーター254 km

Tikhov クレーター278 km

Chernyshev クレーター283 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