Mairan

Crater, craters · 39.5 km across · 41.6°, -43.5° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約39.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Jean Jacques D'Ortous De; French geophysicist (1678-1771).

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 · 12

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。

Mairan A15.8 km

Mairan C6.4 km

Mairan D10 km

Mairan E5.6 km

Mairan F8.4 km

Mairan G5.6 km

Mairan H4.5 km

Mairan K6 km

Mairan L6 km

Mairan N5.9 km

Mairan T3 km

Mairan Y5.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Louville クレーター95 km

Rima Mairan 谷（リマ）127 km

Song Yingxing クレーター140 km

Sharp クレーター145 km

Shen Kuo クレーター150 km

Mons Gruithuisen Gamma 山166 km

Mareta クレーター169 km

Mons Gruithuisen Delta 山191 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