IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Ptolemaeus
Ptolemaeus 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
- 9.16° S · 1.84° W
- Diameter
- 153.66885 km
- IAU approval
- 1935/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-77 · Ptolemaeus
Name origin
Ptolemy, Claudius; Greek astronomer, mathematician, geographer (c. 87-150).