KUON GEO

Michelson

Crater, craters · 123.1 km across · 6.72°, -121.55° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約123.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Albert Abraham; German-American physicist; Nobel laureate (1852-1931).
Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Germany

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 · 4

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。
Michelson G25 km
Michelson H30.4 km
Michelson V23.5 km
Michelson W21.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Kolhörster クレーター232 km
Hertzsprung クレーター269 km
Weyl クレーター282 km
Kamerlingh Onnes クレーター289 km
Grigg クレーター311 km
Catena Leuschner (GDL) クレーター列313 km
Catena Michelson (GIRD) クレーター列324 km
Catena Lucretius (RNII) クレーター列358 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