Philolaus

Crater, craters · 71.4 km across · 72.22°, -32.88° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約71.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Of Croton; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (unkn-fl. 400 B.C.).

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

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 · 8

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。

Philolaus B10.8 km

Philolaus C98.1 km

Philolaus D91.4 km

Philolaus E11 km

Philolaus F7.1 km

Philolaus G102.7 km

Philolaus U12.5 km

Philolaus W16 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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Carpenter クレーター199 km

Anaxagoras クレーター205 km

Poncelet クレーター211 km

Anaximander クレーター251 km

Goldschmidt クレーター266 km

Fontenelle クレーター309 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