Priestley

Crater, craters · 54.9 km across · -56.71°, 108.47° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約54.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Joseph; British chemist (1733-1804).

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 · 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。

Priestley K33.7 km

Priestley X18.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Kugler クレーター125 km

Kimura クレーター165 km

Cassegrain クレーター168 km

Chamberlin クレーター211 km

Moulton クレーター213 km

Van Wijk クレーター239 km

Anuchin クレーター269 km

Fechner クレーター273 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