Alder

Crater, craters · 82.1 km across · -48.63°, -177.88° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約82.1km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Kurt; German organic chemist; Nobel laureate (1902-1958).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1979 · Other features named after Germany

SEE IT · 地図で見る

Elevation here was measured by laser from orbit (LOLA). Nothing is estimated or generated.

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SATELLITE CRATERS · 衛星クレーター · 1

Smaller craters that share this name with a letter added. The IAU records them under the same origin, so they are listed here rather than given pages of their own.
この名前に英字を足した小さなクレーターです。由来は親と同じものとして登録されているため、ここに並べています。

Alder E18.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.

Hegu クレーター117 km

Tianjin クレーター132 km

Statio Tianhe 地形134 km

Zhinyu クレーター159 km

Boyle クレーター163 km

Von Kármán クレーター176 km

Mons Tai 山180 km

Nishina クレーター192 km

Great-circle distances on a sphere of radius 1,737.4 km.

Names and their origins come from the IAU Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature (USGS Astrogeology), retrieved 2026-08-14.
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DATA: IAU / USGS Astrogeology · NASA LRO LOLA