KUON GEO

Bessel

Crater, craters · 15.6 km across · 21.73°, 17.92° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約15.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Friedrich Wilhelm; German astronomer (1784-1846).
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 · 4

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。
Bessel D5.2 km
Bessel F0.6 km
Bessel G1.1 km
Bessel H3.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Deseilligny クレーター78 km
Bobillier クレーター95 km
Finsch クレーター109 km
Dorsum Buckland 尾根124 km
Sarabhai クレーター125 km
Rimae Menelaus 谷（リマ）140 km
Dorsa Sorby 尾根152 km
Banting クレーター153 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