Maclear

Crater, craters · 20.3 km across · 10.52°, 20.1° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約20.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Sir Thomas; Irish-born South African astronomer (1794-1879).

Source of the name: Ireland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1961 · Other features named after Ireland

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 · 1

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。

Maclear A4.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Maclear 谷（リマ）52 km

Ross クレーター60 km

Sinus Honoris 入り江76 km

Rimae Sosigenes 谷（リマ）85 km

Sosigenes クレーター93 km

Al-Bakri クレーター116 km

Arago クレーター138 km

Julius Caesar クレーター152 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