KUON GEO

Planitia Descensus

Planitia, planitiae · 7.18°, -64.15° · the Moon
平原

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Luna 9 landing site ("plain of descent").
Source of the name: Latin (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Latin

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.
Open the map centred on Planitia Descensus

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Cavalerius クレーター105 km
Galilaei クレーター108 km
Reiner Gamma 地形156 km
Hevelius クレーター181 km
Rimae Hevelius 谷（リマ）205 km
Rima Galilaei 谷（リマ）228 km
Rima Cardanus 谷（リマ）244 km
Lohrmann クレーター251 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