Sheepshanks

Crater, craters · 23.7 km across · 59.24°, 17.04° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約23.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Anne; British benefactor (1789-1876).

Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 3

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。

Sheepshanks A6.7 km

Sheepshanks B4.8 km

Sheepshanks C10.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rima Sheepshanks 谷（リマ）109 km

C. Mayer クレーター122 km

Galle クレーター134 km

Kane クレーター172 km

Protagoras クレーター185 km

Archytas クレーター188 km

W. Bond クレーター266 km

Moigno クレーター268 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