Saussure

Crater, craters · 54.6 km across · -43.38°, -3.88° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約54.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Horace Benedict De; Swiss geologist (1740-1799).

Source of the name: Switzerland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Switzerland

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 · 7

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。

Saussure A18.4 km

Saussure B4 km

Saussure C15.6 km

Saussure CA18.6 km

Saussure D18.2 km

Saussure E10.7 km

Saussure F4.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Pictet クレーター80 km

Huggins クレーター88 km

Orontius クレーター91 km

Proctor クレーター96 km

Nasireddin クレーター115 km

Miller クレーター161 km

Tycho クレーター162 km

Street クレーター176 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