Doerfel

Crater, craters · 68.6 km across · -68.97°, -108.53° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約68.6km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Georg Samuel; German astronomer (1643-1688).

Source of the name: Germany (Europe) · Approved by the IAU 1985 · 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。

Doerfel R32.2 km

Doerfel S29.1 km

Doerfel U34.5 km

Doerfel Y79.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Petzval クレーター191 km

Boltzmann クレーター244 km

Galimov クレーター257 km

Alekhin クレーター260 km

Hausen クレーター263 km

Watson クレーター272 km

Dawson クレーター305 km

Zeeman クレーター305 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