Tacitus

Crater, craters · 39.8 km across · -16.2°, 18.95° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約39.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Cornelius; Roman historian (c. 55-120).

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

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 · 18

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。

Tacitus A10.2 km

Tacitus B12.2 km

Tacitus C9 km

Tacitus D22.6 km

Tacitus E8.8 km

Tacitus F9.8 km

Tacitus G6.1 km

Tacitus H5.8 km

Tacitus J2.7 km

Tacitus K3.5 km

Tacitus L4.1 km

Tacitus M5.9 km

Tacitus N6.8 km

Tacitus O4.7 km

Tacitus Q4.3 km

Tacitus R5 km

Tacitus S8.9 km

Tacitus X3.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Catena Abulfeda クレーター列67 km

Almanon クレーター112 km

Catharina クレーター144 km

Ibn-Rushd クレーター159 km

Abulfeda クレーター164 km

Descartes クレーター166 km

Kant クレーター173 km

Cyrillus クレーター174 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