Cook

Crater, craters · 45.2 km across · -17.5°, 48.81° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約45.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

James; British explorer (1728-1779).

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

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 · 7

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。

Cook A5.8 km

Cook B9 km

Cook C5 km

Cook D4.8 km

Cook E6.2 km

Cook F7.1 km

Cook G9.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Monge クレーター64 km

McClure クレーター78 km

Colombo クレーター106 km

Crozier クレーター132 km

Bellot クレーター153 km

Biot クレーター170 km

Santbech クレーター172 km

Magelhaens クレーター218 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA