Tharp

Crater, craters · 13.5 km across · -30.6°, 145.63° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約13.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Marie; Geologist and oceanographer, created first comprehensive map of the ocean floor and is credited with discovering the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (1920-2006).

Source of the name: United States (North America) · Approved by the IAU Mar 30, 2015 · Other features named after United States

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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NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Pavlov クレーター111 km

Jules Verne クレーター136 km

Holetschek クレーター172 km

Seidel クレーター187 km

Levi-Civita クレーター230 km

Andronov クレーター241 km

Subbotin クレーター263 km

Sierpinski 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