Franklin

Crater, craters · 55.9 km across · 38.73°, 47.64° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約55.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Benjamin; American inventor (1706-1790).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after American

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 · 6

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。

Franklin C15.1 km

Franklin F39.6 km

Franklin G6.7 km

Franklin H5.2 km

Franklin K19.8 km

Franklin W4.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Cepheus クレーター73 km

Berzelius クレーター103 km

Oersted クレーター133 km

Shuckburgh クレーター166 km

Hooke クレーター183 km

Maury クレーター196 km

Chevallier クレーター210 km

Atlas クレーター253 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon

DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA