KUON GEO

Plinius

Crater, craters · 41.3 km across · 15.36°, 23.61° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約41.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Gaius Plinius Secundus (The Elder); Roman natural scientist (23-79).
Source of the name: Roman (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Roman

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 · 2

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。
Plinius A3.5 km
Plinius B6.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Rimae Plinius 谷（リマ）53 km
Promontorium Archerusia 岬65 km
Brackett クレーター75 km
Dorsum Nicol 尾根94 km
Dawes クレーター97 km
Al-Bakri クレーター103 km
Rima Dawes 谷（リマ）111 km
Ross クレーター125 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