Langley

Crater, craters · 59.2 km across · 51.17°, -86.05° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約59.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Samuel Pierpont; American astronomer, physicist (1834-1906).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · 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。

Langley J20.8 km

Langley K18.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Stokes クレーター53 km

Galvani クレーター58 km

Volta クレーター86 km

Regnault クレーター93 km

Rimae Repsold 谷（リマ）108 km

Repsold クレーター145 km

Rimae Gerard 谷（リマ）174 km

McLaughlin クレーター184 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