Gay-Lussac

Crater, craters · 25.4 km across · 13.88°, -20.79° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約25.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Joseph Louis; French physicist (1778-1850).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 9

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。

Gay-Lussac A15.3 km

Gay-Lussac B3.4 km

Gay-Lussac C4.7 km

Gay-Lussac D5.3 km

Gay-Lussac F4.6 km

Gay-Lussac G4.7 km

Gay-Lussac H5 km

Gay-Lussac J2.3 km

Gay-Lussac N2.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rima Gay-Lussac 谷（リマ）50 km

Montes Carpatus 山86 km

Draper クレーター115 km

Copernicus クレーター131 km

Rima Draper 谷（リマ）171 km

Pytheas クレーター203 km

Stadius クレーター232 km

Fauth クレーター233 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