Wright

Crater, craters · 40.2 km across · -31.55°, -86.74° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約40.2km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Frederick Eugene; American petrologist and astronomer (1877-1953); Thomas; British philosopher (1711-1786); William Hammond; American astronomer (1871-1959).

Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · 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。

Wright A11.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Shaler クレーター55 km

Pettit クレーター122 km

Nicholson クレーター167 km

Krasnov クレーター187 km

Focas クレーター194 km

Shuleykin クレーター207 km

Vallis Bouvard 谷236 km

Drude クレーター248 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