IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Maupertuis
Maupertuis 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
- 49.70° N · 27.28° W
- Diameter
- 45.485485 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-11 · J. Herschel
Name origin
Pierre Louis Moreau de; French mathematician (1698-1759).