IAU Lunar Nomenclature
Sampson
Sampson 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
- 29.58° N · 16.53° W
- Diameter
- 1.8273479 km
- IAU approval
- 1976/01/01 00:00:00
- LAC quadrangle
- LAC-40 · Timocharis
Name origin
Ralph Allen; Irish-born British astronomer, mathematician (1866-1939).