Richardson

Crater, craters · 162.6 km across · 30.93°, 99.89° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約162.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Sir Owen Willans; British quantum physicist; Nobel laureate (1879-1959).

Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1979 · 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。

Richardson E24.1 km

Richardson W23.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

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Edison クレーター184 km

Artamonov クレーター196 km

Catena Artamonov クレーター列215 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