KUON GEO

Sampson

Crater, craters · 1.8 km across · 29.58°, -16.53° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約1.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Ralph Allen; Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1939).
Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · 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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Dorsum Higazy 尾根56 km
Dorsum Grabau 尾根62 km
Landsteiner クレーター69 km
Catena Timocharis クレーター列89 km
Dorsa Stille 尾根102 km
McDonald クレーター117 km
Timocharis クレーター126 km
Heinrich クレーター147 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