Geological Chronicle
Conon is an impact crater situated along the eastern foothills of the Montes Apenninus range, measuring 20.96 kilometers across according to planetary nomenclature records. Immediately west of the feature rises the mountainous ridge Mons Bradley, while the named craters Galen and Aratus lie roughly 70 kilometers to the east and northeast.
The crater was excavated during the young Copernican period, leaving a sharply defined rim with little degradation from subsequent impacts. Because it formed across rugged and uneven terrain, the crater floor forms an irregular oval rather than a symmetric circle, containing uneven ground without a prominent central peak. To its south in Sinus Fidei lies Rima Conon, a sinuous rille named for the formation.
Italian astronomer Giovanni B. Riccioli introduced the name in 1651 for an adjacent bay feature, honoring the third-century BCE Greek astronomer Conon of Samos. The International Astronomical Union formally adopted the name in 1935 for the crater itself.