Pickering

Crater, craters · 15.4 km across · -2.88°, 6.99° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約15.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Edward Charles; American astronomer (1846-1919); William H.; American astronomer (1858-1938).

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 · 3

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。

Pickering A4.5 km

Pickering B5.5 km

Pickering C3.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Horrocks クレーター48 km

Saunder クレーター67 km

Hipparchus クレーター98 km

Lade クレーター102 km

Rhaeticus クレーター108 km

Seeliger クレーター123 km

Rima Réaumur 谷（リマ）137 km

Hind クレーター153 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