Danjon

Crater, craters · 69.3 km across · -11.42°, 123.9° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約69.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Andre; French astronomer (1890-1967).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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 · 4

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。

Danjon J22.6 km

Danjon K15.7 km

Danjon M12.8 km

Danjon X68.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

D'Arsonval クレーター39 km

Langemak クレーター140 km

Shirakatsi クレーター140 km

Delporte クレーター152 km

Perepelkin クレーター152 km

Litke (Lütke) クレーター164 km

Sherrington クレーター176 km

Dobrovol'skiy クレーター177 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