Van Gent

Crater, craters · 44.4 km across · 15.42°, 160.27° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約44.4km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Hendrik; Dutch astronomer (1900-1947).

Source of the name: The Netherlands (Dutch) (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · Other features named after The Netherlands (Dutch)

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。

Van Gent D34.7 km

Van Gent N33.1 km

Van Gent P47.4 km

Van Gent T16.3 km

Van Gent U18.4 km

Van Gent X37.9 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Konstantinov クレーター137 km

Spencer Jones クレーター179 km

Kohlschütter クレーター189 km

Papaleksi クレーター193 km

Nagaoka クレーター218 km

Mills クレーター248 km

Zernike クレーター252 km

Tikhomirov 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