KUON GEO

Parsons

Crater, craters · 41.1 km across · 37.25°, -171.16° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約41.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

John "Jack" Whiteside; American rocketry scientist (1914-1952).
Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after American

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 · 6

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。
Parsons D53 km
Parsons E27.1 km
Parsons L34.3 km
Parsons M24.7 km
Parsons N41.2 km
Parsons P27.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Ehrlich クレーター111 km
Krylov クレーター137 km
Moore クレーター154 km
Schneller クレーター214 km
Winkler クレーター234 km
Guillaume クレーター245 km
Larmor クレーター268 km
Cockcroft クレーター279 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.
All named features ｜ KUON THE MOON map ｜ About the map ｜ Every landing site on the Moon
DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA