Posidonius

Crater, craters · 95.1 km across · 31.88°, 29.99° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約95.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Of Apamea; Greek geographer (135(?)-51(?) 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 · 13

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。

Posidonius A11.1 km

Posidonius B14.1 km

Posidonius C3.5 km

Posidonius E3.1 km

Posidonius F6 km

Posidonius G4.8 km

Posidonius J22 km

Posidonius M9.3 km

Posidonius N6.2 km

Posidonius P14.7 km

Posidonius W3 km

Posidonius Y2 km

Posidonius Z5.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rimae Posidonius 谷（リマ）11 km

Chacornac クレーター75 km

Rimae Chacornac 谷（リマ）93 km

Daniell クレーター111 km

Rima G. Bond 谷（リマ）138 km

Luther クレーター155 km

Le Monnier クレーター159 km

G. Bond クレーター163 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