King

Crater, craters · 76.2 km across · 4.96°, 120.49° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約76.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Arthur Scott; American physicist (1876-1957); Edward Skinner; American astronomer (1861-1931).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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 · 2

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。

King J12.4 km

King Y35.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Mons Dieter 山6 km

Mons Ganau 山6 km

Mons André 山7 km

Sita クレーター12 km

Mons Ardeshir 山17 km

Mons Dilip 山22 km

Ibn Firnas クレーター79 km

Ewen クレーター88 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