KUON GEO

Chien-Shiung Wu

Crater, craters · 0.7 km across · -41.88°, -153.68° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約0.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Chinese-American physicist (1912-1997).
Source of the name: United States (North America) · Approved by the IAU Aug 06, 2024 · 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.
Statio Tianjiang 地形10 km
Li Shizhen クレーター11 km
Perey クレーター18 km
Li Bing クレーター18 km
Salam クレーター18 km
Su Song クレーター18 km
Zhang Zhongjing クレーター29 km
Xu Xiake クレーター30 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