KUON GEO

Whipple

Crater, craters · 14.5 km across · 89.14°, 120.02° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約14.5km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Fred Lawrence; American astronomer (1906-2004).
Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU Apr 17, 2009 · 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.
Hinshelwood クレーター44 km
Peary クレーター51 km
Bosch クレーター71 km
Aepinus クレーター81 km
Erlanger クレーター96 km
Florey クレーター111 km
Fibiger クレーター117 km
Hermite クレーター139 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