KUON GEO

Neper

Crater, craters · 144.3 km across · 8.76°, 84.58° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約144.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

John; Scottish mathematician (1550-1617).
Source of the name: Scotland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Scotland

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 · 3

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。
Neper D38.2 km
Neper H10.3 km
Neper Q12.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Virchow クレーター42 km
Tacchini クレーター118 km
Mare Marginis 海133 km
Jansky クレーター148 km
Theiler クレーター149 km
Knox-Shaw クレーター168 km
Banachiewicz クレーター173 km
Peek クレーター196 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