IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Philolaus
Philolaus 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
- 72.22° N · 32.88° W
- Diameter
- 71.435074 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-3 · Anaxagoras
Name origin
Of Croton; Greek mathematician, astronomer, philosopher (unkn-fl. 400 B.C.).