Meton

Crater, craters · 124.7 km across · 73.57°, 19.63° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約124.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek astronomer (unkn-fl. 432 B.C.).

Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Greek

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 · 8

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。

Meton A14.7 km

Meton B6.7 km

Meton C86.1 km

Meton D78.8 km

Meton E43.3 km

Meton F49.6 km

Meton G9 km

Meton W7.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Euctemon クレーター118 km

Barrow クレーター130 km

Scoresby クレーター133 km

Baillaud クレーター150 km

Neison クレーター171 km

Peters クレーター193 km

Challis クレーター196 km

Goldschmidt クレーター200 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