KUON GEO

Whewell

Crater, craters · 13.1 km across · 4.16°, 13.73° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約13.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

William; British philosopher (1794-1866).
Source of the name: Great Britain (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Great Britain

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 · 2

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。
Whewell A3.7 km
Whewell B3.4 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Cayley クレーター42 km
De Morgan クレーター44 km
Tempel クレーター58 km
D'Arrest クレーター63 km
Rima Ariadaeus 谷（リマ）71 km
Silberschlag クレーター72 km
Agrippa クレーター99 km
Ariadaeus クレーター108 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