KUON GEO

Van Vleck

Crater, craters · 33.5 km across · -1.77°, 78.2° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約33.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

John Monroe; American astronomer, mathematician (1833-1912).
Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1976 · Other features named after American

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.
Weierstrass クレーター35 km
Geissler クレーター57 km
Jenkins クレーター65 km
Gilbert クレーター75 km
Carrillo クレーター84 km
Nobili クレーター90 km
Avery クレーター97 km
Back クレーター117 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