Pogson

Crater, craters · 40.9 km across · -42.38°, 111.11° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Norman Robert; British astronomer (1829-1891).

Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after Great Britain

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。

Pogson C16.8 km

Pogson F34.3 km

Pogson G33.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Bjerknes クレーター132 km

Lebedev クレーター151 km

Van der Waals クレーター200 km

Clark クレーター221 km

Lamb クレーター227 km

Tyndall クレーター267 km

Anuchin クレーター280 km

Cassegrain クレーター294 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