Clairaut

Crater, craters · 76.9 km across · -47.84°, 13.86° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約76.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Alexis Claude; French mathematician (1713-1765).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after France

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 · 14

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。

Clairaut A34.2 km

Clairaut B41.5 km

Clairaut C16.2 km

Clairaut D12.7 km

Clairaut E29.1 km

Clairaut F31.2 km

Clairaut G6.2 km

Clairaut H9.2 km

Clairaut J13 km

Clairaut K12.4 km

Clairaut M5.8 km

Clairaut P8.3 km

Clairaut R13.6 km

Clairaut S22 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Breislak クレーター91 km

Barocius クレーター106 km

Cuvier クレーター111 km

Baco クレーター142 km

Licetus クレーター151 km

Heraclitus クレーター156 km

Ideler クレーター174 km

Maurolycus クレーター184 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