KUON GEO

Rankine

Crater, craters · 10.5 km across · -3.87°, 71.49° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約10.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

William John Macquorn; Scottish physicist, engineer (1820-1872).
Source of the name: Scotland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · Other features named after Scotland

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
von Behring クレーター118 km
Maclaurin クレーター121 km
Gilbert クレーター143 km
Born クレーター156 km
Geissler クレーター157 km
Nobili クレーター182 km
Weierstrass クレーター189 km
Pomortsev クレーター197 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