Rumford

Crater, craters · 60.8 km across · -28.81°, -169.8° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約60.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; British physicist (1753-1814).

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 · 6

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。

Rumford A30.2 km

Rumford B22.1 km

Rumford C26.1 km

Rumford F14.5 km

Rumford Q29.1 km

Rumford T111.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Orlov クレーター170 km

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Oppenheimer クレーター220 km

Walker クレーター231 km

Leeuwenhoek クレーター241 km

Lacus Oblivionis 湖258 km

Bok クレーター264 km

Davisson クレーター306 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