Gruithuisen

Crater, craters · 15 km across · 32.89°, -39.78° · the Moon
クレーター・差し渡し約15km

WHY THAT NAME · なぜその名前か

Franz von; German astronomer (1774-1852).

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 · 10

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。

Gruithuisen B9.4 km

Gruithuisen E7.5 km

Gruithuisen F4.2 km

Gruithuisen G6 km

Gruithuisen H5.6 km

Gruithuisen K6 km

Gruithuisen M9 km

Gruithuisen P9.1 km

Gruithuisen R6.8 km

Gruithuisen S6.7 km

NEAREST NAMED FEATURES · 近くの地名

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

Dorsum Bucher 尾根65 km

Sinus Viscositatis 入り江78 km

Mons Gruithuisen Delta 山97 km

Angström クレーター103 km

Mareta クレーター111 km

Mons Gruithuisen Gamma 山114 km

Dorsa Argand 尾根140 km

Mons Delisle 山148 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