KUON GEO

Kapteyn

Crater, craters · 48.7 km across · -10.79°, 70.59° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約48.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Jacobus Cornelis; Dutch astronomer (1851-1922).
Source of the name: The Netherlands (Dutch) (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · Other features named after The Netherlands (Dutch)

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。
Kapteyn A30.9 km
Kapteyn B39.9 km
Kapteyn C43.9 km
Kapteyn D12.3 km
Kapteyn E36.6 km
Kapteyn F8.6 km
Kapteyn K7.2 km
Kapteyn Z6.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
von Behring クレーター98 km
Barkla クレーター100 km
La Pérouse クレーター170 km
Born クレーター183 km
Somerville クレーター184 km
Rankine クレーター212 km
Lamé クレーター215 km
Kästner クレーター277 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