KUON GEO

Compton

Crater, craters · 164.6 km across · 55.86°, 104.05° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約164.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Arthur Holly; American physicist, Nobel laureate (1892-1962); Karl Taylor; American physicist (1887-1954).
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 · 3

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。
Compton E17.8 km
Compton R34.4 km
Compton W15.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
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Petrie クレーター336 km
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Fabry クレーター393 km
Rayet クレーター395 km
Hayn クレーター399 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