IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Compton
Compton is an officially adopted crater, craters on the Moon. Explore its selenographic position and surrounding terrain in 3D.
Feature Profile
- Feature type
- Crater, craters
- Coordinates
- 55.86° N · 104.05° E
- Diameter
- 164.62753 km
- IAU approval
- 1970/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-16 · Compton
Name origin
Arthur Holly; American physicist, Nobel laureate (1892-1962); Karl Taylor; American physicist (1887-1954).