Le Gentil

Crater, craters · 125.4 km across · -74.27°, -76.02° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約125.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Guillaume Hyazinthe; French astronomer (1725-1792).

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 · 5

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。

Le Gentil A37 km

Le Gentil B15.7 km

Le Gentil C18.7 km

Le Gentil D12.4 km

Le Gentil G17.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Boltzmann クレーター117 km

Drygalski クレーター177 km

Bailly クレーター237 km

Ashbrook クレーター296 km

Hausen クレーター306 km

Wilson クレーター342 km

Doerfel クレーター344 km

Mons Cabeus 山351 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