KUON GEO

Kimura

Crater, craters · 27.4 km across · -56.82°, 118.38° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約27.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Hisashi; Japanese astronomer (1870-1943).
Source of the name: Japan (Asia) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Japan

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Fechner クレーター117 km
Vallis Planck 谷129 km
Priestley クレーター165 km
Van Wijk クレーター173 km
Cassegrain クレーター173 km
Hildegard クレーター227 km
Kugler クレーター267 km
Pikel'ner クレーター278 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