Wilson

Crater, craters · 66.6 km across · -69.33°, -42.83° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約66.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Alexander; Scottish astronomer (1714-1786); Charles Thomson Rees; Scottish physicist (1869-1959); Ralph Elmer; American astronomer (1886-1960).

Source of the name: Scotland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · Other features named after Scotland

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 · 4

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。

Wilson A15.4 km

Wilson C25.5 km

Wilson E24.3 km

Wilson F13.2 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Kircher クレーター76 km

Casatus クレーター156 km

Klaproth クレーター175 km

Bettinus クレーター182 km

Zucchius クレーター260 km

Bailly クレーター302 km

Blancanus クレーター304 km

Newton クレーター309 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