Foster

Crater, craters · 37 km across · 23.59°, -141.49° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約37km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

John Stuart; Canadian physicist (1890-1964).

Source of the name: Canada (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Canada

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。

Foster H27.4 km

Foster L31.2 km

Foster P35.2 km

Foster S46.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Joule クレーター130 km

Harvey クレーター191 km

Bronk クレーター200 km

Wargo クレーター231 km

Kekulé クレーター237 km

Sanford クレーター273 km

Bobone クレーター274 km

Mach クレーター275 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