Copernicus

Crater, craters · 96.1 km across · 9.62°, -20.08° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約96.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Nicholas; Polish astronomer (1473-1543).

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

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 · 13

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。

Copernicus A3.2 km

Copernicus B7.6 km

Copernicus C5.7 km

Copernicus D5.1 km

Copernicus E4.1 km

Copernicus F3.3 km

Copernicus G4.1 km

Copernicus H4.4 km

Copernicus J5.7 km

Copernicus L3.9 km

Copernicus N6.3 km

Copernicus P4.3 km

Copernicus R3.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Fauth クレーター103 km

Rima Gay-Lussac 谷（リマ）127 km

Gay-Lussac クレーター131 km

Montes Carpatus 山183 km

Stadius クレーター190 km

Reinhold クレーター210 km

Draper クレーター246 km

Hortensius クレーター256 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