KUON GEO

Chawla

Crater, craters · 14.3 km across · -42.48°, -147.49° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約14.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Kalpana; American astronaut, Space Shuttle Columbia Mission Specialist (1961-2003).
Source of the name: United States (North America) · Approved by the IAU 2006 · Other features named after United States

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
D. Brown クレーター26 km
L. Clark クレーター26 km
Ramon クレーター40 km
McCool クレーター46 km
M. Anderson クレーター51 km
Husband クレーター66 km
Anders クレーター101 km
Borman クレーター105 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