KUON GEO

Dechen

Crater, craters · 12 km across · 46.12°, -68.18° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約12km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Ernst Heinrich Karl von; German geologist, mineralogist (1800-1889).
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。
Dechen A4.7 km
Dechen B5.7 km
Dechen C5.3 km
Dechen D4.8 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Harding クレーター108 km
Markov クレーター245 km
Repsold クレーター258 km
von Braun クレーター266 km
Gerard クレーター267 km
Mons Rümker 山270 km
Rimae Repsold 谷（リマ）284 km
Mons Hua 山336 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