Peirce

Crater, craters · 18.9 km across · 18.26°, 53.35° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約18.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Benjamin; American mathematician, astronomer (1809-1880).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 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。

Peirce C19.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Swift クレーター33 km

Dorsum Oppel 尾根48 km

Picard クレーター119 km

Yerkes クレーター121 km

Eckert クレーター148 km

Curtis クレーター150 km

Greaves クレーター155 km

Tisserand クレーター176 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