Lacroix

Crater, craters · 36.1 km across · -37.93°, -59.2° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約36.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Sylvestre Francois; French mathematician (1765-1843).

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 · 13

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。

Lacroix A13.2 km

Lacroix B8.1 km

Lacroix E20.3 km

Lacroix F14.5 km

Lacroix G48.8 km

Lacroix H12.9 km

Lacroix J20.1 km

Lacroix K43.6 km

Lacroix L8.7 km

Lacroix M12.6 km

Lacroix N12.8 km

Lacroix P8.3 km

Lacroix R19.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Lehmann クレーター94 km

Schickard クレーター217 km

Piazzi クレーター220 km

Drebbel クレーター253 km

Vieta クレーター270 km

Fourier クレーター277 km

Lagrange クレーター343 km

Wargentin クレーター353 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