KUON GEO

Maupertuis

Crater, craters · 45.5 km across · 49.7°, -27.28° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約45.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).
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。
Maupertuis A13.9 km
Maupertuis B6.1 km
Maupertuis C10.5 km
Maupertuis K5.3 km
Maupertuis L6.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Promontorium Laplace 岬94 km
Rimae Maupertuis 谷（リマ）98 km
La Condamine クレーター118 km
Bianchini クレーター143 km
Montes Recti 山156 km
Sinus Iridum 入り江168 km
Bouguer クレーター181 km
Montes Jura 山189 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