Desargues

Crater, craters · 84.9 km across · 70.25°, -73.42° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約84.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Gérard; French mathematician, engineer (1593-1662).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · 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 · 8

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。

Desargues A14.3 km

Desargues B48.6 km

Desargues C10.9 km

Desargues D11.2 km

Desargues E31.8 km

Desargues K9.2 km

Desargues L12.9 km

Desargues M27.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Pascal クレーター127 km

Brianchon クレーター192 km

Cremona クレーター211 km

Carpenter クレーター231 km

Pythagoras クレーター234 km

Poncelet クレーター237 km

Boole クレーター254 km

Anaximander クレーター261 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