KUON GEO

Sosigenes

Crater, craters · 17 km across · 8.7°, 17.6° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約17km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Greek astronomer, chronologist (unkn-fl. 46 B.C.).
Source of the name: Greek (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Greek

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。
Sosigenes A11.3 km
Sosigenes B3.7 km
Sosigenes C3.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Rimae Sosigenes 谷（リマ）39 km
Julius Caesar クレーター73 km
Sinus Honoris 入り江92 km
Maclear クレーター93 km
Ariadaeus クレーター126 km
Rimae Maclear 谷（リマ）127 km
Arago クレーター139 km
Rima Ariadaeus 谷（リマ）142 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