Lauritsen

Crater, craters · 51.2 km across · -27.54°, 96.31° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約51.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Charles Christian; Danish-American physicist (1892-1968).

Source of the name: Denmark (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Denmark

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 · 6

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。

Lauritsen A33.8 km

Lauritsen B21.7 km

Lauritsen G13.6 km

Lauritsen H23.4 km

Lauritsen Y12.9 km

Lauritsen Z60.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Titius クレーター120 km

Donner クレーター124 km

Edith クレーター172 km

Curie クレーター175 km

Bawa クレーター183 km

Fairouz クレーター185 km

Karima クレーター187 km

Rima Siegfried 谷（リマ）189 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