Chauvenet

Crater, craters · 77.7 km across · -11.64°, 137.2° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約77.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

William; American astronomer, mathematician (1820-1870).

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 · 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。

Chauvenet C45.9 km

Chauvenet D12 km

Chauvenet E26.5 km

Chauvenet G24.5 km

Chauvenet J75.7 km

Chauvenet L9.6 km

Chauvenet P11.6 km

Chauvenet Q41.7 km

Chauvenet S37.6 km

Chauvenet U10 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Ten Bruggencate クレーター98 km

Lane クレーター158 km

Bondarenko クレーター170 km

Volkov クレーター174 km

Dellinger クレーター179 km

Patsaev クレーター188 km

Lander クレーター195 km

Denning クレーター215 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