KUON GEO

Galle

Crater, craters · 21 km across · 55.87°, 22.33° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約21km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Johann Gottfried; German astronomer (1812-1910).
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 · 3

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。
Galle A5.8 km
Galle B7 km
Galle C11.3 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

What stands next to a place tells you what kind of place it is.
Rima Sheepshanks 谷（リマ）76 km
Sheepshanks クレーター134 km
Mitchell クレーター189 km
Aristoteles クレーター193 km
Kane クレーター223 km
Gärtner クレーター226 km
C. Mayer クレーター237 km
Rima Gärtner 谷（リマ）237 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