KUON GEO

Yerkes

Crater, craters · 34.9 km across · 14.6°, 51.7° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約34.9km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Charles Tyson; American benefactor (1837-1905).
Source of the name: American (North America) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 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。
Yerkes E9.9 km
Yerkes V3.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Greaves クレーター54 km
Lick クレーター76 km
Glaisher クレーター82 km
Picard クレーター89 km
Peirce クレーター121 km
Dorsum Oppel 尾根143 km
Proclus クレーター148 km
Curtis クレーター149 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