Argelander

Crater, craters · 33.7 km across · -16.55°, 5.8° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約33.7km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Friedrich Wilhelm August; German astronomer (1799-1875).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1935 · 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 · 5

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。

Argelander A8.7 km

Argelander B5.6 km

Argelander C3.9 km

Argelander D10.7 km

Argelander W18.6 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Vogel クレーター44 km

Airy クレーター49 km

Burnham クレーター90 km

Parrot クレーター95 km

Donati クレーター127 km

Faye クレーター157 km

Klein クレーター168 km

Albategnius クレーター169 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