Lucretius

Crater, craters · 64.6 km across · -8.22°, -121.24° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約64.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Titus Lucretius Carus; Roman scientific philosopher (c. 94-55 B.C.).

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

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。

Lucretius C21.7 km

Lucretius U23.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Catena Lucretius (RNII) クレーター列202 km

Nam Byeong-Cheol クレーター206 km

Fridman (Friedmann) クレーター212 km

Kearons クレーター269 km

Houzeau クレーター285 km

Ioffe クレーター300 km

Catena Michelson (GIRD) クレーター列330 km

Belopol'skiy クレーター343 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