White

Crater, craters · 42.3 km across · -44.8°, -159.04° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約42.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Edward Higgins II; American astronaut (1930-1967).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1970 · 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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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 1

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。

White W24.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Hendrix クレーター65 km

Mons Song 山128 km

Zhang Zhongjing クレーター135 km

Su Song クレーター135 km

Perey クレーター137 km

Li Shizhen クレーター145 km

Statio Tianjiang 地形147 km

Chien-Shiung Wu クレーター148 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