Balmer

Crater, craters · 136.3 km across · -20.27°, 70.22° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約136.3km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Johann Jakob; Swiss mathematician, physician (1825-1898).

Source of the name: Switzerland (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1964 · Other features named after Switzerland

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 · 6

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。

Balmer M6.6 km

Balmer N8.5 km

Balmer P15.3 km

Balmer Q8 km

Balmer R5.7 km

Balmer S6.5 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Holden クレーター222 km

Lamé クレーター234 km

Vallis Palitzsch 谷237 km

Phillips クレーター244 km

Legendre クレーター262 km

Hecataeus クレーター273 km

Vendelinus クレーター275 km

Palitzsch クレーター285 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