IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Poisson
Poisson 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
- 30.34° S · 10.56° E
- Diameter
- 41.40208 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-96 · Rupes Altai
Name origin
Simeon Denis; French mathematician (1781-1840).