Peirescius

Crater, craters · 61.5 km across · -46.4°, 67.8° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約61.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Peiresc, Nicolas Claude Fabri De; French astronomer, archaeologist (1580-1637).

Source of the name: France (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after France

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 · 7

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。

Peirescius A14.2 km

Peirescius B18.8 km

Peirescius C44 km

Peirescius D42.8 km

Peirescius G28.1 km

Peirescius H8.7 km

Peirescius J17.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

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Oken クレーター195 km

Fraunhofer クレーター285 km

Marinus クレーター288 km

Mallet クレーター291 km

Hanno クレーター312 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