Nishina

Crater, craters · 62.1 km across · -44.57°, -170.8° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約62.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Yoshio; Japanese physicist (1890-1951).

Source of the name: Japan (Asia) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Japan

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 · 1

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。

Nishina T28.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Vaughan クレーター99 km

Maksutov クレーター125 km

Finsen クレーター167 km

Alder クレーター192 km

Davisson クレーター223 km

Tianjin クレーター224 km

Hendrix クレーター239 km

Statio Tianhe 地形250 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