Legendre

Crater, craters · 78.1 km across · -28.92°, 70.02° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約78.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Adrien Marie; French mathematician (1752-1833).

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 · 11

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。

Legendre D57.5 km

Legendre E26.1 km

Legendre F40.1 km

Legendre G16.6 km

Legendre H8.4 km

Legendre J12.5 km

Legendre K91.9 km

Legendre L31.1 km

Legendre M9.6 km

Legendre N5.8 km

Legendre P7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Adams クレーター100 km

Palitzsch クレーター153 km

Vallis Palitzsch 谷167 km

Phillips クレーター168 km

Rimae Hase 谷（リマ）185 km

Hase クレーター195 km

Balmer クレーター262 km

Petavius クレーター271 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