KUON GEO

Dionysius

Crater, craters · 17.3 km across · 2.77°, 17.29° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約17.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

St. Dionysius the Areopagite; Greek astronomer (fl. 1st century A.D.).
Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Greek

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 · 2

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。
Dionysius A3.6 km
Dionysius B3.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Rimae Ritter 谷（リマ）30 km
Ariadaeus クレーター54 km
Ritter クレーター62 km
Schmidt クレーター71 km
De Morgan クレーター74 km
Cayley クレーター75 km
D'Arrest クレーター83 km
Sabine クレーター94 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