Crookes

Crater, craters · 48.3 km across · -10.4°, -165.1° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約48.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Sir William; British physicist, chemist (1832-1919).

Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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 · 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。

Crookes D40.1 km

Crookes P20.4 km

Crookes X22.5 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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McKellar クレーター234 km

Mohorovičić クレーター253 km

Icarus クレーター287 km

Korolev クレーター298 km

Congreve クレーター318 km

Lacus Oblivionis 湖319 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