Clavius

Crater, craters · 230.8 km across · -58.62°, -14.73° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約230.8km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Christopher Klau; German mathematician (1537-1612).

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 · 18

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。

Clavius C21 km

Clavius D27.9 km

Clavius E15.8 km

Clavius F7.3 km

Clavius G16.8 km

Clavius H32.6 km

Clavius J12.4 km

Clavius K19.6 km

Clavius L23.4 km

Clavius M47.9 km

Clavius N12.8 km

Clavius O4.4 km

Clavius P13.2 km

Clavius R7.7 km

Clavius T8.1 km

Clavius W5 km

Clavius X6.5 km

Clavius Y7.1 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Rutherfurd クレーター85 km

Porter クレーター106 km

Blancanus クレーター186 km

Scheiner クレーター208 km

Deluc クレーター223 km

Cysatus クレーター258 km

Gruemberger クレーター262 km

Maginus クレーター302 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