KUON GEO

Thales

Crater, craters · 30.8 km across · 61.74°, 50.27° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約30.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Of Miletus; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (c. 636-546 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 · 6

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。
Thales A13.1 km
Thales E29.4 km
Thales F37 km
Thales G11.5 km
Thales H10.5 km
Thales W6.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Strabo クレーター60 km
De La Rue クレーター91 km
Schwabe クレーター121 km
Democritus クレーター218 km
Rima Gärtner 谷（リマ）234 km
Gärtner クレーター243 km
Arnold クレーター246 km
Endymion クレーター266 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